Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Cracklings from rendered chicken fat.

Origin

From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and grib

From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and gribenes (“chicken cracklings and onions”). Compare older dialectal northern (Low) German forms like greven and greeven.

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