baldrib

English

Etymology

From bald +‎ rib.

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Noun

baldrib (plural baldribs)

  1. (UK, dated) A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.
    • 1828, Robert Southey, Epistle to Allan Cunningham:
      Leg, bladebone, baldrib, griskin, chine, or chop
      Profess myself a genuine Philopig
    • 1840, Thomas Middleton, “The Mayor of Queenborough”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 1, London: Edward Lumley, Chancery Lane, page 174:
      Faith, thou art such a spiny baldrib, all the mistresses in the town will never get thee up.
    • 1909, J. E. Foster, editor, Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge, from 1504 to 1635, Cambridge: Printed for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, pages 312-313:
      Item to Reve for another baldrib [...] Item for a baldrib for the third Bell

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