Meanings
noun
- African-American Vernacularchitlins; chitterlings
BALTIMORE, Feb. 18 — Urban theater — or what has been called over the years inspirational theater, black Broadway, gospel theater and the chitlin circuit — has been thriving for decades, selling out some of the biggest theaters across the country and grossing millions of dollars a year.
2007 February 21, Campbell Robertson, “The World of Black Theater Becomes Ever Bigger”, in New York Times
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APA
chitlin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chitlin
MLA
“chitlin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chitlin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chitlin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chitlin.
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