drisheen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish drisín.

Pronunciation

(Irish) IPA^(key): /dɹɪʃiːn/

Noun

drisheen (plural drisheens)

(Ireland) A type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, section 86:
  Mr Dedalus had ordered drisheens for breakfast and during the meal he crossexamined the waiter for local news.

Anagrams

inhersed, reshined

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