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sweet⋅bread

  [sweet-bred]
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–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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sweet·bread   (swēt'brěd')   
n.  The thymus gland or pancreas of a young animal, especially a calf or lamb, used for food.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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