pork scratchings

pork scratchings
pork scratchings plural noun
Crisp pieces of fried pork fat or rind eaten as a snack
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Main Entry:pork

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pork scratchings UK [ˌpɔː(r)k ˈskrætʃɪŋz] US [ˌpɔrk ˈskrætʃɪŋz] noun [plural] british
pieces of pig’s skin cooked in hot fat, usually eaten cold
Thesaurus: cooked and preserved meatshyponym

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ˌpork ˈscratchings f3 [pork scratchings] (BrE) (US ˈpork rinds) noun plural
crisp pieces of pig skin that are fried and eaten cold, often sold in bags as a ↑snack

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  • pork rinds — ˌpork ˈscratchings f3 [pork scratchings] (BrE) (US ˈpork rinds) noun …   Useful english dictionary

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  • pork rind — noun a) The rind of pork meat b) a snack food made from cured pork skin, pork scratchings …   Wiktionary

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  • scratchings — UK [ˈskrætʃɪŋz] / US noun [plural] See: pork scratchings …   English dictionary

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