rosbif

/ ˌrəʊsˈbiːf; rɔsbif /

noun

1. a term used in France for an English person

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosbif¹

from French, from English roast beef , considered as being typically English

Example Sentences

Hardly had they taken their places when Napoleon began to quiz Betsy on the fondness of the English for "rosbif and plum pudding."

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Pour dire vrai, however, the rosbif of England is hardly more scientific than the sun-dried meat of the Tartars.

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Both Mrs. Burton and I want a medicine of rest and roast beef as opposed to rosbif.

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If you would be there, madame, I would engage to find you a way in the teeth of all 'les goddams' who ever chewed rosbif.

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Potato salad was next in demand and cooked tongue and rosbif disappeared rapidly.

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