rosbif
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of rosbif
from French, from English roast beef , considered as being typically English
Example Sentences
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They had never seen the sun, and habitually lived on half-raw "rosbif."
From The Days Before Yesterday by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
"Eccelenza, you wanta good, naisy, rosbif, you comma longsida me!"
From Among the Brigands by James De Mille
Hardly had they taken their places when Napoleon began to quiz Betsy on the fondness of the English for "rosbif and plum pudding."
From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Helen Leah Reed
Edmond, The lover, her devout chagrin doth share; Blanc-mange and absinthe are his penitent fare, Till his pale aspect makes her over-fond: So, to preclude fresh sin, he tries rosbif.
From Poems — Volume 1 by George Meredith
Here may the Yankee find his pumpkin-pie and sherry-cobblers, the Englishman his rosbif, the German his sauerkraut, the Italian his macaroni.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
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