bully beef

American  

noun

1. canned or pickled beef.

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bully beef British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: bully.  tinned corned beef

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Etymology

Origin of bully beef

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

He said: "You all stick together like glue and the main thing is 'how soon can I have a cup of tea and a bully beef sandwich?"

From BBC

She said: "He replied that when serving during World War Two he was issued with tins of bully beef stamped 'WW1' and it hadn't done him any harm."

From BBC

“If they think Spam is terrible, they ought to have eaten the bully beef we had in the last war.”

From The Guardian

Souvenirs were exchanged — cigars, cigarettes, belt buckles, uniform buttons, tins of bully beef and jam.

From Washington Post

“Fires blazed in the dugouts,” wrote the elder MacKinlay, remembering the meals of hot tea with “bully beef stew,” and oatmeal porridge, served “without milk unless you scrounged a can of condensed.”

From Washington Times