OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34651

gristle

/ˈɡɹɪsəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cartílago • ternilla
Cartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
But she was tired of cell culture, tired of meticulously cutting away dead tissue like gristle from a steak […]
When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best[…]
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