Meanings
noungribenes (uncountable)
- uncountableA snack food in Eastern European Jewish cuisine, combining cracklings of chicken or goose skin with fried onions.
Oy, it was such a shanda. I should never buy gribenes from a mohel. It's so chewy.
1993, Randi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon, Mrs. Doubtfire, spoken by Daniel (Robin Williams)1 more example
But the only gribenes I ate growing up came from my grandmother’s South Beach kitchen.
2008 February 20, “Letters”, in New York Times
Origin
- Middle High Germangriebe“piece of fat, crackling”
- Yiddishגריבענעס
- Englishgribenes
Borrowed from Yiddish גריבענעס (gribenes), from Middle High German griebe (“piece of fat, crackling”). Compare modern German Griebe.
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Chicago
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