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sweet·bread (swēt′bred′)

noun

the thymus (heart sweetbread or throat sweetbread) or sometimes the pancreas (stomach sweetbread) of a calf, lamb, etc., when used as food: usually used in pl.

Etymology: Early ModE < sweet + bread, in OE sense “morsel”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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