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Joint description of Eve's origin (5,3)

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5,3

spare rib

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(Other definitions for spare rib that I've seen before include "Barbecued bone?" , "it's hardly a chop)" , "Meat on the bone, perhaps in barbecue sauce" , "Pork joint" , "Adam, apparently, had one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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