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bully beef

noun

  1. canned or pickled beef.


bully beef

noun

  1. tinned corned beef Often shortened tobully
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bully beef1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bully beef1

C19 bully , anglicized version of French bouilli , from boeuf bouilli boiled beef
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Example Sentences

Mostly, he recounts his adventures dodging bombs, meeting brave men, and eating a lot of bully beef.

On the whole, the axe has it; one must have fires; and bully beef can be eaten in the slab form.

The ration now is five biscuits (the full ration) and a Maconochie, or bully beef.

We have had no fresh meat for a long time back, but one manages with an occasional change of bully beef or a commandeered chicken.

The strong steaming brew served to wash down the scanty supply of cold bully beef.

All our pals were willing to contribute, and they gave us bully-beef and biscuits from their scanty stores.

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