crubeen

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/kɹəˈbiːn/

noun

An Irish food made from pigs' feet, usually boiled.

OriginIrish crúibín →
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Meanings

nouncrubeen (plural crubeens)

plural crubeens

  1. An Irish food made from pigs' feet, usually boiled.

    In each hand he holds a parcel, one containing a lukewarm pig's crubeen, the other a cold sheep's trotter, sprinkled with wholepepper.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Irishcrúibín
  2. Englishcrubeen

From Irish crúibín.

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APA

crubeen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crubeen

MLA

“crubeen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crubeen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crubeen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crubeen.

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