chimblins

Meanings

1. 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.
2. (by extension, rare, family usage) Small scraps or morsels of food; leftover bits of meat or other fragments remaining after a meal.

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.