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GIBLETS

Volume 9 · 49 words · 1823 Edition

the offals or entrails of a goose; including the heart and liver, with the feet, gizzard, &c. The word is supposed to be formed of goblets, from the French gobecu, "mouthful."—Giblets make a considerable article in cookery: they boil giblets, stew giblets, make ragouts of giblets, giblet pies, &c.