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1. The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food. "How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled ?" (Shak)
2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; generally used in the plural.
Origin: OE. Tripe, F. Tripe; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. & Pg. Tripa, It. Trippa, OD. Tripe, W. Tripa, Armor. Stripen.
(01 Mar 1998)
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