Definition of "spareribs" []

• Pork ribs with most of the meat trimmed off. (noun-plural)

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• "Besides the turkey and chickens there were "spareribs" and great frying-panfuls of fresh pork which, at this cold season of the year, was greatly relished by us."
• "Maddux had the no. 9 -- sweet and sour spareribs, egg foo young, and steamed white rice -- and a strawberry lemonade."
• "My favorites are the pork spareribs with black bean sauce, bitter melon, curry chicken & potatoes and braised pork belly."