chitlin circuit
or chit·lin' cir·cuit
[ chit-lin sur-kit ]
nounInformal.
a group of clubs and theaters featuring Black performers and intended to appeal to Black people.
Origin of chitlin circuit
1First recorded in 1965–70; so called because of the assumption that chitlins (one of several dialect pronunciations of chitterlings) are eaten mostly by African Americans
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