baldrib

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noun

A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounbaldrib (plural baldribs)

plural baldribs

  1. UKdatedA piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.

    Item to Reve for another baldrib [...] Item for a baldrib for the third Bell

    1909, J. E. Foster, editor, Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge, from 1504 to 1635, Cambridge: Printed for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, pages 312-313
    2 more examples

    Leg, bladebone, baldrib, griskin, chine, or chop Profess myself a genuine Philopig

    1828, Robert Southey, Epistle to Allan Cunningham

    Faith, thou art such a spiny baldrib, all the mistresses in the town will never get thee up.

    1840, Thomas Middleton, “The Mayor of Queenborough”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 1, London: Edward Lumley, Chancery Lane, page 174

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baldrib,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baldrib.

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