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beefcake

American  
[beef-keyk] / ˈbifˌkeɪk /

noun

Informal.

  1. photographs of nearly nude young men in magazines or the like, posed to display their muscular bodies.

beefcake British  
/ ˈbiːfˌkeɪk /

noun

  1. slang men displayed for their muscular bodies, esp in photographs Compare cheesecake

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Etymology

Origin of beefcake

1945–50; beef + cake, modeled on cheesecake

Example Sentences

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March’s Netflix Originals include Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut, Lukas Dhont’s controversial “Girl,” and the star-studded beefcake spectacle of “Triple Frontier.”

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2019

More accurately, he’s all idea, a beefcake avatar of linear thinking and pretension.

From New York Times • May 11, 2017

So these are the stakes: if you write something online, at some point it may read back to the whole world, and potentially one very mustachioed beefcake.

From The Verge • Jun. 25, 2016

“You are awesome! You are awesome!” said a twentysomething beefcake as he crossed in front of me at a red light.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2015

Nathan Lane, no beefcake centerfold, has renewed his claim to being the king of the Great White Way.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2014

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