Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dense mixture of cooked liver, hard-boiled eggs, chopped onions, chicken fat or vegetable oil, and seasonings, used as a spread or sandwich filling.
- noun Slang Something or someone considered of little value.
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- noun A
Jewish food made by frying liver and onions inschmaltz . - noun idiomatic A person or object which is not worthy of being
noticed ; someone or somethinginsignificant .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Sense 2, probably from the fact that chopped liver is often served as a side dish.]
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blafferty commented on the word chopped liver
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April 30, 2011