Meaning

1 senses

  1. (derogatory)That (what has just been said) is untrue.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Do you really expect me to swallow this tripe?

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  2. I haven't seen any vegan tripe, but I haven't really been looking, either.

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  3. I don't eat tripe.

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  4. It's a bunch of tripe.

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  5. Then a little flesh from the tripe of an old cow is served up, but boiled fifteen days before.

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Origin

From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possib

From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trioB2tripA1tripletriplet

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