Butcher's ware? What nonsense! (5)

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tripe

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'nonsense' is the definition.
(informal term for nonsense or false information)

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(Other definitions for tripe that I've seen before include "Edible lining of cow's stomach - rubbish" , "Rubbish, nonsense" , "which a freegan might eat?" , "Ruminant's stomach lining" , "Rubbish (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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