sweetbread

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sweet·bread / ˈswētˌbred/ • n. the thymus gland (or, rarely, the pancreas) of an animal, esp. as used for food.

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sweetbread

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sweetbread Butchers' term for pancreas (gut sweetbread) or thymus (chest sweetbread).

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER

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