as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
it's shocking that an esteemed newspaper like this one would publish such tripe
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Recent Examples of tripe
The new culinary wave began about 10 years ago, going beyond bouillabaisse and pieds paquets (stewed lamb’s feet and tripe).
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Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
Felicity Blunt’s odd way of making potatoes and the time Meryl Streep dug into a plate of tripe sausage that apparently looked a lot like a horse phallus.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 July 2024
Rodricks brings up the overused tripe about our immigration system being broken.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
First, the soup bases: Ben Ben is really promoting its pork tripe and chicken version, which comes default not-spicy, but there’s also an ox-tail base, a beef-rib base and a Golden Palace Fish Maw and Chicken base.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
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Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024
Felicity Blunt’s odd way of making potatoes and the time Meryl Streep dug into a plate of tripe sausage that apparently looked a lot like a horse phallus.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 July 2024
Rodricks brings up the overused tripe about our immigration system being broken.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
First, the soup bases: Ben Ben is really promoting its pork tripe and chicken version, which comes default not-spicy, but there’s also an ox-tail base, a beef-rib base and a Golden Palace Fish Maw and Chicken base.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tripe
Noun
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Photo by Mario Savoia/Shutterstock Tulips are as Dutch as Gouda cheese and wooden shoes.—
Chris Schalkx,
AFAR Media,
14 Feb. 2025
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Keep in mind, the pizza arrives uncut, and additional charges apply for extra toppings and cheese.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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This event features photos with the Easter Bunny, baby goats, bunny bingo, Plinko, junk walk and more.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Chopra cracked down on junk fees and signaled support for a proposal that would cap credit card interest rates, something Trump has openly supported.—
Courtenay Brown,
Axios,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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View 6 Images Unlike cats, our vision is pretty rubbish in very low light conditions.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2025
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On the evening of January 14, a woman was arrested after allegedly setting multiple piles of rubbish and trash on fire, Jim McDonnell, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said at a news conference last week.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Tripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tripe. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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