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haggis

haggis

10 9.0
A traditional Scottish dish of sheep organs mixed with oatmeal and spices, often boiled inside a sheep's stomach
  • noun
  • /ˈhæɡɪs/
: haggis
  • At the festival, I finally got to taste traditional haggis served with neeps and tatties.
  • Scottish haggis
  • eating haggis
  • haggis hurling

And the only thing that was missing for me during this period of time would have been a wee bit of haggis.

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Examples

  • I don't think I can come on a Scottish train from Edinburgh and not have haggis, neeps and tatties, especially after it was recommended.

  • My favorite dish is haggis.

  • The haggis is fresh from Scotland, sir.

  • The doctor warned me not to eat haggis for breakfast.

  • Next time you are in Scotland, do try the haggis!

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  • Will ye be wanting some haggis bites?

  • I've never been able to find haggis anywhere, except at my parents' house.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I might have to spend my life in a kilt, eating haggis and listening to the bagpipes.

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  • Do I smell haggis?

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Do you have haggis?

    Fiction book (1993)

Surface Forms

haggis singular
haggises plural

Etymology

Haggis probably comes from an old word meaning 'to chop', similar to the English word hack. That's a helpful memory because haggis is a traditional Scottish dish made from chopped animal parts mixed with oatmeal and boiled in the animal's stomach.