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Definition of Chitlins
1. Noun. Small intestines of hogs prepared as food.
Definition of Chitlins
1. Noun. (dialect form of chitterlings) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chitlins
1. chitlin [n] - See also: chitlin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chitlins
Literary usage of Chitlins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"chitlins. (A contraction of chitterlings.) Rags, tatters. While I was in this
way rolling in clover, they were tearing my character all to chitlins up at ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"... or chitlins.—Chitterlings. CHILDERN,—Children. CHIMBLEY.—A chimney: a chimney
sweep is a "chimbley swape." CHINKIN'.—Metallic rattling noise as of a ..."
3. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"... into chitlins!' That's about the way you give Bunch to Simon." "Oh, shuh,
Ben," remarked Simon, "I wouldn't run on that way. Daddy couldn't help it; ..."
4. Streaks of Squatter Life, and Far-West Scenes: A Series of Humorous Sketches by John S. Robb (1847)
"While I was in this way rollin' in clover, by pic- turin' what was to be, they
wur tarin' my character all to chitlins up at home. ..."
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