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Definition of: sweetbread
(swēt′bred′) noun
The pancreas (stomach sweetbread) or the thymus gland (neck sweetbread or throat sweetbread) of a calf or other animal, when used as food. [<SWEET + BREAD, in obs. sense of “a morsel”]
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