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sweetbreads

n. (plural of sweetbread English)

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sweetbreads

n. edible glands of an animal [syn: sweetbread]

Usage examples of "sweetbreads".

Johnson was in a cheerful humour, the exercise of walking had purified his blood, and at dinner he ate heartily of veal sweetbreads, and drank three or four glasses of Madeira wine.

The thymus glands, sweetbreads, are collected in a plastic bag until he has enough for a meal.