bully beef


noun
  1. canned or pickled beef.

Origin of bully beef

1
First recorded in 1865–70

Words Nearby bully beef

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How to use bully beef in a sentence

  • All our pals were willing to contribute, and they gave us bully-beef and biscuits from their scanty stores.

    Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien

British Dictionary definitions for bully beef

bully beef

noun
  1. tinned corned beef: Often shortened to: bully

Origin of bully beef

1
C19 bully, anglicized version of French bouilli, from boeuf bouilli boiled beef

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