chimblins
noun/ˈtʃɪm.blɪŋz/
Etymology From chimble (“to nibble; to gnaw; to crumble”), a dialectal English verb recorded in nineteenth-century provincial glossaries, notably in Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties. Related to chibble, chivel, and crumble in regional use.
1
Midlands, Archaic, Dialectal Small fragments or crumbs produced by nibbling or gnawing; tiny pieces left after something has been chewed, crumbled, or worn away, especially as by mice or vermin.
Chiefly Buckinghamshire
- The mice have chimbled the cheese all to pieces, and left nothing but the chimblings
2
Regional (by extension, rare, family usage) Small scraps or morsels of food; leftover bits of meat or other fragments remaining after a meal.
- Derived terms
- chimble, chimbling