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At the Scottish Festival & Highland Games in suburban Itasca this weekend, there’s whiskey-tasting, haggis-hurling and men in kilts aplenty. — Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com, "Want to be a Scottish lord or lady? Opportunity beckons at suburban festival, where 'titles' will be sold," 16 June 2018 Before departing, guests receive a leather bag with treats like haggis-flavored chocolates and cashmere socks. — Cathy Newman, WSJ, "A Chic Scottish Sojourn Among the Manors," 7 Dec. 2018 For the uninitiated, haggis is a Scottish delicacy of sheep or calf offal mixed with oatmeal, suet and seasoning boiled in a bag (often from the animal’s stomach). — Jen Banowetz, chicagotribune.com, "Itasca's Scottish Festival and Highland Games brings Scotland to the suburbs," 13 May 2018 The full Scottish breakfast, featuring bacon, black pudding, haggis, sausages, beans, eggs, tomato, mushroom and a potato scone, was an absolute delight. — New York Times, "At Black Ivy in Edinburgh, Little Luxuries and a Big Breakfast," 15 June 2018 The party will reportedly celebrate the couple's ties to Scotland with haggis bites and a bagpiper. — Katie Frost, Town & Country, "All the Details on Pippa Middleton's Wedding!," 20 May 2017 Not that there's anything particularly wrong with it (with the possible exception of the haggis bonbons, which are wrong in several ways). — Jason Wilson, chicagotribune.com, "What I learned about America's future from visiting Trump resorts around the world," 14 Mar. 2018 The Old Kiln Cafe serves up hearty Scottish delicacies, from haggis in pepper sauce to traditional Clootie dumplings (pudding made with fruit and spices). — Nate Erickson, Esquire, "There Are Eight Reasons to Visit This Scottish Island. All of Them Are Booze.," 8 Mar. 2018 Meanwhile in Scotland, people have been drooling over haggis for centuries. — Katie Jackson, Esquire, "9 Things to Get from the Butcher That Aren’t Meat," 18 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'haggis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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