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Offal

brains

noun

the brain of an animal cooked and eaten as food

giblets

noun

the liver, heart, and neck of poultry (=chickens etc) that you remove before you cook it

kidney

noun

the kidney of some animals eaten as food

liver

noun

the liver of some animals eaten as food

sweetbread

noun

the pancreas (=small organ in the body) of a young farm animal, cooked and eaten

tongue

noun

the tongue of an animal cooked and eaten as food

tripe

noun

the stomach of a cow or a sheep eaten as food

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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