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haggis

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haggis /ˈhaɡɪs /
noun
(plural haggis or plural haggises)
a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, and seasoning and boiled in a bag, traditionally one made from the animal's stomach:
an enormous haggis was paraded through the hall
[mass noun] we had haggis for supper.
– ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from earlier hag hack, hew, from Old Norse hǫggva.