haslet

[ has-lit, heys-, heyz- ]

noun

, Chiefly Southern U.S.

1. the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.

haslet

/ ˈhæzlɪt /

noun

1. a loaf of cooked minced pig's offal, eaten cold

Word History and Origins

Origin of haslet¹

1300–50; Middle English hastelet < Middle French: roasted meat, diminutive ( -let ) of haste spit, piece of spitroasted meat < Germanic; compare Old English hearstepanne frying pan, hierstan to roast, fry, Dutch harst sirloin; hearth

Word History and Origins

Origin of haslet¹

C14: from Old French hastelet piece of spit roasted meat, from haste spit, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German harsta frying pan

Example Sentences

He repaired to Princeton soon after the brave Haslet and Mercer fell, fighting for the cause of justice and freedom.

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Mr. John Haslet and Mr. William Clark, and a number of others.

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That Smallwood's and Haslet's regiments crossed on the 26th, we have from Smallwood himself.

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Take the head, split it open and take out the brains; then put the head, brains, and haslet in salt water—let them soak one hour.

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There was not a hog killed within three parishes of him whereof he had not some part of the haslet and puddings.

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