chitling
(ˈtʃɪtlɪŋ)
Also chitlin.
[See chitterling.]
1. Another form of chitterling: widely used in Eng. dialects, and in U.S.: cf. also chidlings.
| 1886 Cole S.W. Lincolnsh. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Chitlings. 1887 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 31 Dec. 2/4 A dish of smoking sausages was flanked by a dish of chitlins. 1888 Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Chitlings..the small intestines of the pig—usually fried as a great delicacy amongst the poor. 1888 Addy Sheffield Gl. s.v., To beg the chitlings of pigs. 1888 Oxford & Berksh. Gl., Chidlings or chitlings. |
2. fig. Rags, tatters, shreds. U.S.
| a 1848 Robb Squatter Life (Bartlett), They were tearing my character all to chitlins. 1855 Haliburton Hum. Nat. (1859) 188 (Bartlett), To tear my reputation to chitlins. |