ribspare

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ribspare

/ˈɹɪbspɛə(ɹ)/ UK
/ˈɹɪbspɛɚ/ US

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From Low German ribbesper, from Middle Low German ribbespêr (“spareribs”), from ribbe (“rib”) + sper (“spear; spit”), from Old Saxon ribbi + sper, from Proto-Germanic *ribją + *speru. The second element of the English word was probably influenced by English spare (“lean, wanting flesh”).

noun ribspares

rare Sparerib. Some twenty years ago—'tis true, / Isaacs, a poor pedestrian Jew, / By wishful inclination prest, / A ribspare stole, already drest; […]
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@misc{ribspare_2026,
  title = {ribspare},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ribspare},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}