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  • noun Plural form of gizzard.

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Examples

  • "I've told you for years that gizzards is th 'answer to linin' your pockets."

    Excerpt: In This Mountain by Jan Karon 2002

  • He issued enough and more than enough to have bountifully fed his army, but there was a lot of men in the army, generally denominated commissaries, and their "gizzards," as well as fingers, had to be greased.

    "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins

  • A study published in 2000 in the Journal of Wildlife Management by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources examined the gizzards of 16,651 ducks five and six years after the ban was instituted.

    Iowa in middle of lead-shot skirmish 2011

  • I saved whole teal and mallards for the competition, although there were plenty of spoonie legs in the mix, too, and I had bags of gizzards, livers and hearts.

    Best Tasting Ducks 2009

  • A study published in 2000 in the Journal of Wildlife Management by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources examined the gizzards of 16,651 ducks five and six years after the ban was instituted.

    Iowa in middle of lead-shot skirmish 2011

  • The basic actions are the same ones we carry out in our kitchens today: split open the chicken, take out its gizzards, sear the flesh, add water.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • And for the record, the ducks they used were all teal and mallard, though we're pretty sure the hearts, livers and gizzards came from every kind of duck we hunt.

    Best Tasting Ducks 2009

  • And for the record, the ducks they used were all teal and mallard, though we're pretty sure the hearts, livers and gizzards came from every kind of duck we hunt.

    Best Tasting Ducks 2009

  • I saved whole teal and mallards for the competition, although there were plenty of spoonie legs in the mix, too, and I had bags of gizzards, livers and hearts.

    Best Tasting Ducks 2009

  • We're all gizzards in Aunt Frawley's broth; every snout in the muzzle; the sweet scent of clover helpless against the ammonia.

    Golden Cooper Renner 2011

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