in shreds and tatters
51unmake — Synonyms and related words: atomize, break to pieces, cleave, decimate, demolish, dethrone, disassemble, discrown, disenthrone, disintegrate, dismantle, displace, fragment, make mincemeat of, pick to pieces, pull in pieces, pull to pieces,… …
52wrack up — Synonyms and related words: atomize, break to pieces, cleave, demolish, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, fragment, make mincemeat of, pick to pieces, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, reduce to rubble, rend, shatter, smash, split,… …
53chitterlings — early 13c., cheterlingis entrails, souse, origins obscure, but probably from an unrecorded O.E. word having something to do with entrails (related to O.E. cwið womb; Cf. Ger. Kutteln guts, bowels, tripe, chitterlings ). Variants chitlins (1845)… …
54ribbon — n 1. band, ribband, strip; headband, frontlet, fillet; collar, collarband, neckband, Inf. choker; sash, girdle, waistband, cummerbund, cestus, Archaic. zone, Archaic, Poetic. cincture. 2. ribbons shreds, tatters, strips, odds and ends; mungo,… …
