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Definition of niblet in English: nibletnoun ˈnɪblɪtˈnɪblɪt trademark A small piece of food, in particular a kernel of sweetcorn. bite-size niblets of chocolate Example sentencesExamples - Fairly straight-ahead, it featured the mixed-green regulars, as well as niblets of corn and sliced avocado.
- Oh, and the meter is stuck on a flat fee of £5 and the driver doesn't talk much, there is chilled Chablis in an ice bucket in the back and caviar niblets are served by a man in a penguin suit.
- Potatoes mashed with corn niblets, garlic and green onions are tasty but have that unmistakable gluey-ness of having been buzzed in the food processor.
- She put the bowl as far back in the cupboard as she could reach, behind the corn niblets.
- But as I'd already had six courses I didn't mind too much, and was happy with two accompanying niblets of excellent sweetbread and a lush little strip of confit breast.
Origin Late 19th century: from nibble + -let. Definition of niblet in US English: nibletnounˈniblitˈnɪblɪt trademark A small piece of food, in particular a kernel of corn. bite-size niblets of chocolate Example sentencesExamples - Fairly straight-ahead, it featured the mixed-green regulars, as well as niblets of corn and sliced avocado.
- She put the bowl as far back in the cupboard as she could reach, behind the corn niblets.
- Oh, and the meter is stuck on a flat fee of £5 and the driver doesn't talk much, there is chilled Chablis in an ice bucket in the back and caviar niblets are served by a man in a penguin suit.
- But as I'd already had six courses I didn't mind too much, and was happy with two accompanying niblets of excellent sweetbread and a lush little strip of confit breast.
- Potatoes mashed with corn niblets, garlic and green onions are tasty but have that unmistakable gluey-ness of having been buzzed in the food processor.
Origin Late 19th century: from nibble + -let. |