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tripe

  [trahyp] ,
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–noun
1. the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, esp. oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food. Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
2. Slang. something, esp. speech or writing, that is false or worthless; rubbish.
Origin:
1250–1300; 1885–90 for def. 2; ME < OF < ?
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tripe   (trīp)   
n.  
  1. The rubbery lining of the stomach of cattle or other ruminants, used as food.
  2. Informal Something of no value; rubbish.

[Middle English, from Old French tripes, intestines, tripe.]
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Tripe

Tripe\, n. [OE. tripe, F. tripe; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. & Pg. tripa, It. trippa, OD. tripe, W. tripa, Armor. stripen.]

1. The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled ? --Shak.

2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural. --Howell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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tripe 
c.1300, from O.Fr. tripe "entrails used as food" (13c.), of unknown origin, perhaps via Sp. tripa from Arabic therb "suet" (but also said to mean "fold of a piece of cloth"). Applied contemptuously to persons (1595), then to anything considered worthless, foolish, or offensive (1892).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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