First recorded in 1865–70; so called from its size, color, and shape
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Another was a plank to which a bullock's heart had been fastened, surrounded by the words: 'Heart of Louis XVI.'
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
Take a bullock's heart and boil it, or two pounds of the lean of fresh beef.
From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Leslie, Eliza
Under this heading I will include all the Anonas, such as the sour sop, sweet sop, bullock's heart, and cherimoya.
From Fruits of Queensland by Benson, Albert H.
Rainscourt turned his head round to see if the object offered was such as to tempt his appetite, and beheld a—smoking bullock’s heart!
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
Ruby Ruggles had had as wholesome a dinner as any young woman in London,—a bullock's heart and potatoes,—just as much as ever she had pleased to eat of it.
From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony
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