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bully beef

American

noun

canned or pickled beef.

bully beef British

noun

Often shortened to: bully. tinned corned beef

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Etymology

Origin of bully beef

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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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 • Apr. 26, 2024

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

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2017

One of the ornate lanterns made from a bully beef tin in the Italian Chapel.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2012

Typical expedition fare: Gume, a variety of jungle fern, sauteed with "bully beef," tinned corn beef.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2011

In fifteen minutes Constable Hope had reached the Town Station, and made a roll of some blankets, in which he stowed several tins of bully beef and some biscuits.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)

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