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noun
hara-kiri (def. 1).
Origin:
1900–05; < Japanese, earlier s(y)et-puku < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese qiè cut + fù belly
1900–05; < Japanese, earlier s(y)et-puku < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese qiè cut + fù belly
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Seppuku
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| seppuku (sɛˈpuːkuː) | |
| —n | |
| another word for hara-kiri | |
| [from Japanese, from Chinese ch`ieh to cut + fu bowels] | |
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