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langue de boeuf

[French lahng duh bœf]
noun, plural langues de boeuf [French lahng duh bœf] /French lɑ̃g də ˈbœf/.
  1. ox-tongue partisan.
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Origin of langue de boeuf

1400–50; < French: literally, ox tongue; replacing late Middle English lange de bef < Middle French langue de boeuf
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