haggis
noun/ˈhæɡɪs/
/ˈhæɡɪs/
[countable, uncountable]- a Scottish dish that looks like a large round sausage made from the heart, lungs and liver of a sheep that are cut into small pieces, mixed with oats, herbs, etc. and boiled in a bag that is traditionally made from part of a sheep’s stomachTopics Foodc2Word Originlate Middle English: probably from earlier hag ‘hack, hew’, from Old Norse hǫggva.
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