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English Dictionary: tripe by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tripe
n
  1. lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food
  2. nonsensical talk or writing
    Synonym(s): folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tripe \Tripe\, n. [OE. tripe, F. tripe; of uncertain origin; cf.
      Sp. & Pg. tripa, It. trippa, OD. tripe, W. tripa, Armor.
      stripen.]
      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. --Howell.
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