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canned or pickled beef.[1865-70]
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Bully beef — Bully Bul ly (b[.u]l l[y^]), n., Bully beef Bul ly beef (b[.u]l l[y^] b[=e]f ). [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See {Boil}, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.] Pickled or canned beef.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bully beef — noun beef cured or pickled in brine • Syn: ↑corned beef, ↑corn beef • Hypernyms: ↑beef, ↑boeuf * * * noun see bully VI * * * canned or pickled beef. [1865 70] * * * … Useful english dictionary
Bully Beef and Chips — were fictional characters who had their own strip in the UK comic The Dandy. It started in the 1960s and continued until 1997 . The strip told the story of two warring boys a tall, ugly thug called Bully Beef and a softer, more cunning lad called … Wikipedia
bully beef — /ˈbʊli bif/ (say boolee beef) noun Colloquial tinned meat, especially corned beef. {see bully2} …
bully beef — noun pickled or canned beef … Wiktionary
bully beef — canned or pickled beef … English contemporary dictionary
bully beef — noun (U) BrE corned beef … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bully beef — Tinned meat … A concise dictionary of English slang
bully — bully1 [bool′ē] n. pl. bullies [orig., sweetheart < Du boel, lover, brother < MHG buole (Ger buhle), lover, prob. orig. dim. of bruder,BROTHER; later infl. by BULL1] 1. a person who hurts, frightens, or tyrannizes over those who are smaller … English World dictionary
Bully — Bul ly (b[.u]l l[y^]), n., Bully beef Bul ly beef (b[.u]l l[y^] b[=e]f ). [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See {Boil}, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.] Pickled or canned beef. [Webster… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
