beef tea
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Referring to the beef tea some fans would drink at half-time, he said it was "a long-ball world of Bovril, packed terraces and Northern rain... with supporters watching fantastic footballers with equally fabulous haircuts".
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2021
As well as enforced seclusion, she was placed on a regime of weight gain; four or five pints of milk daily, as well as cutlets, liquid malt extract and beef tea.
From Newsweek • Feb. 13, 2015
This is what your white-suited caregivers serve, just before dinner on special occasions, when they allow you something livelier than beef tea.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2013
Finally, said Jackson Whitlow, the Lord prescribed squirrel soup and beef tea, which his doctor approved and supplemented with whey and more orange juice.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was looking at the ocean and waiting for the steward to bring me a cup of beef tea.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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