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beefburger

American  
[beef-bur-ger] / ˈbifˌbɜr gər /

noun

  1. hamburger.


beefburger British  
/ ˈbiːfˌbɜːɡə /

noun

  1. a flat fried cake of minced beef; hamburger

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Etymology

Origin of beefburger

First recorded in 1935–40; beef + -burger

Example Sentences

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Order taken, she disappears to emerge minutes later with a huge plate of chips and a beefburger sandwich, on which he promptly deposits a ton of ketchup.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2014

One beefburger sample from Tesco turned out to be 29% horse instead of beef.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013

It found horse DNA in over one-third of the beefburger samples, and pig in 85% of them.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013

In nine of the ten beefburger samples, horse DNA was found at very low levels.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2013

The Food Standards Agency is investigating how horsemeat was found in beefburger samples.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2013