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numbles

American  
[nuhm-buhlz] / ˈnʌm bəlz /
Or nombles

plural noun

  1. certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.

numbles British  
/ ˈnʌmbəlz /

plural noun

  1. archaic the heart, lungs, liver, etc, of an deer or other animal, cooked for food

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Etymology

Origin of numbles

1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French nombles fillet of venison, plural of nomble, dissimilated variant of *lomble < Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus loin. See lumb-, -ule

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