By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington
Published 1998
These are euphemisms for offal, which includes glands like sweetbreads (the thymus), liver, heart, lungs, kidneys, tongues, tails and testicles. The French euphemism for the last named is frivolités.
© 1998 Alastair Little. All rights reserved.
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