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offal
 
SYLLABICATION:of·fal
PRONUNCIATION:  ôfl, fl
NOUN:1. Waste parts, especially of a butchered animal. 2. Refuse; rubbish.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English : of-, off (from Old English, from of; see apo- in Appendix I) + fal, fall.
 
 
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