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chopped liver n (originally US)

A Jewish pâté-like food made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken fat”) together with hard-boiled eggs; it is usually spread on to bread. (idiomatic, humorous, informal) A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.

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