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headcheese
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
headcheese
(noun)
headcheese
/
ˈ
hɛdˌtʃiːz/
noun
headcheese
/
ˈ
hɛdˌtʃiːz/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of HEADCHEESE
[
noncount
]
US
:
a food made from parts of the head, feet, and sometimes the tongue and heart of a pig
—
called also
(British)
brawn
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