BEEF
ADJECTIVES
1867 ► BLUE barely cooked, underdone, extremely rare, bloody; said of beef
NOUNS
1792 ► SALT JUNK corned beef, salt beef → Amer. dial.
1830 ► MAHOGANY salt beef → Amer. sl.
1836 ► SALT HORSE salted beef → naval sl.
1844 ► NAP a shin of beef → Sc.
1864 ► BED the ‘silver side’ of a round of beef
1884 ► HAMBURG STEAK a cooked patty of ground beef → Amer. dial.
1900 ► UNION JACK Argentine frozen beef → sl.
1903 ► HAMBURG a cooked patty of ground beef → Amer. dial.
1905 ► MEAT beef, as distinct from mutton, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► OLD NED beef → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1930 ► SHOE SOLES fried beef → Amer. dial.
1940 ► CREAMED FORESKINS creamed chipped beef → World War II Amer. sl.
1955 ► SHOE SOLE roast beef → Amer. prison sl.
1996 ► BARF beef → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1610 ► BEEFEATER an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial
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