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noun
Sweetbread  n.  
1.
Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck sweetbread or throat sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.
2.
(Anat.) The pancreas.





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"Sweetbread" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Soup, fish, sweetbread and green peas, chicken...." she gave the paper back. "Yes, it will do beautifully, and I'm sure Miss Gibbs will like Martha's trifle. Well, Maggie, that's all, I think. Have I ...
— The Making of a Soul • Kathlyn Rhodes


Words linked to "Sweetbread" :   neck sweetbread, sweetbreads, stomach sweetbread, variety meat


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