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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

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.

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."

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“If they think Spam is terrible, they ought to have eaten the bully beef we had in the last war.”

Souvenirs were exchanged — cigars, cigarettes, belt buckles, uniform buttons, tins of bully beef and jam.

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