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bully beef
noun
- canned or pickled beef.
bully beef
noun
- tinned corned beef Often shortened tobully
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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
He said: "You all stick together like glue and the main thing is 'how soon can I have a cup of tea and a bully beef sandwich?"
From BBC
Maddie took the offered half sandwich—bully beef straight from the tin as usual.
From Literature
She said: "He replied that when serving during World War Two he was issued with tins of bully beef stamped 'WW1' and it hadn't done him any harm."
From BBC
“If they think Spam is terrible, they ought to have eaten the bully beef we had in the last war.”
From The Guardian
Souvenirs were exchanged — cigars, cigarettes, belt buckles, uniform buttons, tins of bully beef and jam.
From Washington Post
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