red meat

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noun

any meat that is dark-colored before cooking, as beef, lamb, venison, or mutton (distinguished from white meat).

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Origin of red meat

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Contemporary Examples

There was a bit of subtle repositioning in what has been a red-meat primary.
Newt Gingrich, Under Fire, Plays Clumsy Defense in Fox News Iowa Debate
Howard Kurtz
December 16, 2011
The red-meat rhetoric had the conservative crowd on their feet.
Getting Serious About the 2012 GOP
Mark McKinnon
June 26, 2011
But neither will get the chance to run the visceral, red-meat, base-rallying campaign they really want to conduct.
2012 Presidential Election: The Economy Blame Game
Michael Medved
June 7, 2011
Still, at times his red-meat rhetoric has gotten him into trouble on the local and national stage.
The Plot to Purge GOP Moderates
Benjamin Sarlin
November 4, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for red meat

red meat

noun

any meat that is dark in colour, esp beef and lambCompare white meat

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