The small crumbs of ham or cooked meat left after cutting a joint into slices.
Customer: 'Can I have a couple of slices of ham please?'
Butcher: 'Sorry, I have none left but the chimbles'
the word used for the crumbly remains of breakfast cereals, or crisps at the bottom of the packet.
-Cheesman family origin
"Does anyone want the chimbles?" "no thanks, they're yucky"
"ARG! JACK, you've finished all the cereals apart from the chimbles!"
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