Bovril
Britishnoun
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A meat extract that had understandably changed its name from Johnston's Fluid Beef, Bovril was the first brand to use neon lights.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2022
Images from a renowned photographer's life-long "love affair" with football have gone on display, showing a "bygone era... of Bovril, packed terraces and Northern rain".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2021
Other lies were totally legal: The beef extract Bovril was marketing itself in U.S. newspapers as a potential cure for the flu, noting that “its bodybuilding powers were … needed to fight the influenza epidemic.”
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2020
This should ensure the event is not a financial disaster, as will the price of the wretched stadium food: not very hot dog + not very hot Bovril = £8.50.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2017
In the ship’s hold were stores for at least two years, including a recent innovation: concentrated Bovril sledging rations for the trans-Antarctic run on dogsleds.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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