as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
it's shocking that an esteemed newspaper like this one would publish such tripe
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Recent Examples of tripe
Old world favorites include tripe, smelts, veal and peas, and braciola.
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The Providence Journal, 13 Mar. 2026
Beef tripe is available cleaned and pre-shredded at many Asian grocery stores, usually in the freezer section.
—Jen Lin-Liu, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
Basic meat options like fajita, chicken and pastor are priced lower, while tripe, barbacoa, tongue and chicharrón cost more.
—Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 17 Feb. 2026
Bartlow is serving exquisitely simple Spanish fare, like snacky bowls of pork belly chicharrones with Marcona almonds, slices of potato tortilla, salty anchovy fillets with butter, crocks of salt cod, and platters of morcilla (tripe).
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
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The Providence Journal, 13 Mar. 2026
Beef tripe is available cleaned and pre-shredded at many Asian grocery stores, usually in the freezer section.
—Jen Lin-Liu, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
Basic meat options like fajita, chicken and pastor are priced lower, while tripe, barbacoa, tongue and chicharrón cost more.
—Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 17 Feb. 2026
Bartlow is serving exquisitely simple Spanish fare, like snacky bowls of pork belly chicharrones with Marcona almonds, slices of potato tortilla, salty anchovy fillets with butter, crocks of salt cod, and platters of morcilla (tripe).
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tripe
Noun
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Add the flour, Parmesan cheese, eggs and 1/2 teaspoon salt.—
Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
18 May 2026
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Arrange 2 or 3 jalapeño slices, a teaspoon-size dab pimiento cheese, and one sausage on each pastry strip.—
Shelly Westerhausen Worcel,
Midwest Living,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Blackwood, and a spotty defense on junk in front of the net, provided the smelling salts.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
14 May 2026
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The district’s bond rating now sits at junk status, meaning BB+ and below under Fitch Ratings’ scale.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Trash pickup Chris Barnett, Orion Township supervisor, said residents of his community will be allowed to place more bagged trash outside at their next Waste Management pickup day to help handle overflow rubbish from paper plates, etc.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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From the Japanese point of view, leaving rubbish piled up in a stadium would be a bother to others.—
Stephen Wade,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Tripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tripe. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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