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stomach sweetbread

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sweet⋅bread

[sweet-bred]
–noun
1. Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, esp. a calf or a lamb, used for food.
2. Also called neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread. the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food.

Origin:
1555–65; sweet + bread
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stomach sweetbread

noun
edible pancreas of an animal 
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