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Haggis in a sentence
Haggis meaning
A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.
Synonyms of Haggis
Using Haggis
- The main meaning on this page is: A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.
- Useful related words include: dish.
- In the example corpus, haggis often appears in combinations such as: the haggis, haggis is, of haggis.
Context around Haggis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Haggis
- In this selection, "haggis" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, course, wild, inedible, piping, everyone and platter stand out and add context to how "haggis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and his haggis and as the haggis is brought. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "haggis" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with haggis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But first, let’s get back to Paul and his haggis. (11 words)
Dales Traditional Butchers of Kirkby Lonsdale have won the coveted Golden Haggis Award. (13 words)
Admission £10.00 includes a glass of mulled wine, haggis, tea and shortbread/flaked meal biscuits. (16 words)
The haggis "Piping" of the haggis Everyone stands as the haggis is brought in. It is usually brought in by the cook on a large dish, generally while a piper plays bagpipes and leads the way to the host's table, where the haggis is laid down. (47 words)
Main course Haggis platter at a Burns supper in the US Haggis served wi tatties an neeps (with potatoes and turnips) At the end of the poem, a whisky toast will be proposed to the haggis, then the company will sit down to the meal. (45 words)
According to an online survey commissioned by haggis manufacturers Hall's of Broxburn, released on 26 November 2003, one-third of U.S. visitors to Scotland believed the wild haggis to be a real creature. (35 words)
A one-to-one tutorial and a closing ceilidh can still be enjoyed online, with the option to provide your own haggis and drams at home! (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
The haggis "Piping" of the haggis Everyone stands as the haggis is brought in. It is usually brought in by the cook on a large dish, generally while a piper plays bagpipes and leads the way to the host's table, where the haggis is laid down.
Main course Haggis platter at a Burns supper in the US Haggis served wi tatties an neeps (with potatoes and turnips) At the end of the poem, a whisky toast will be proposed to the haggis, then the company will sit down to the meal.
According to an online survey commissioned by haggis manufacturers Hall's of Broxburn, released on 26 November 2003, one-third of U.S. visitors to Scotland believed the wild haggis to be a real creature.
And in the traditional ceremony, the haggis is slashed open with a sword or a knife, whiskey is poured into the Haggis, and then it's served to the guests.
The haggis-bearer was William Reaney and the Address to the Haggis was given by John Hardie.
All of this talk about how inedible haggis is has made me hungry for that fine American haggis alternative.
Admission £10.00 includes a glass of mulled wine, haggis, tea and shortbread/flaked meal biscuits.
A one-to-one tutorial and a closing ceilidh can still be enjoyed online, with the option to provide your own haggis and drams at home!
But first, let’s get back to Paul and his haggis.
But you can still have real haggis (to go), to celebrate the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Dales Traditional Butchers of Kirkby Lonsdale have won the coveted Golden Haggis Award.
Haggis says insurance companies have to justify rate increases to the Auto Insurance Rate Board, adding inflation is one of the things driving up rates.
The haggis for the supper was kindly donated by local butchers Robert Alexander of Port Glasgow, who are co-sponsoring the event.
According to the Edinburgh Zoo, Haggis has a sibling, Amara, who was born in 2021 and moved to the London Zoo in 2023 as part of a breeding program for the species.
According to the keepers, Haggis loves water, having recently learned to get out of the pool by herself.
An actor dressed as Simon Howie’s limited edition chocolate haggis for the advert mimicking the the iconic Cadbury’s gorilla advert.
Considered the Scottish national dish, haggis is also popular in Northern Ireland and often made and exported from there.
Everything on the menu was tempting for Bourdain but he finally settled on ordering deep-fried haggis, fish and chips with cheese and curry sauce which he was pretty sure God would be against.
Haggis, the national dish of Scotland that is butt of many jokes, is made in a sheep’s stomach filled with spiced and diced innards.
It also offers an array of other vegan options including haggis, black pudding, sausage and popcorn chick’n, with the menu fully vegan on Tuesday evenings.
Common combinations with haggis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the haggis 11×
- haggis is 8×
- of haggis 4×
- haggis and 3×
- haggis was 3×
- haggis neeps 3×
- haggis to 2×
- haggis for 2×
- dish haggis 2×
- haggis the 2×