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aitchbone

noun

Etymology

From rebracketing of "a nache-bone" to "an aitchbone". See natch, bone. Attested since the late 1400s, and initially also spelled hach- with a spurious h.

Definitions

  1. A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.

  2. The rump bone itself.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA