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beef to the hoof

beef to the hoof adjective: fat, chubby, particularly with fat legs.

Adjective

beef to the hoof (not comparable)

  1. (Ireland, idiomatic) fat, chubby, particularly with fat legs.

Forms of beef to the hoof

alternative formbeef to the hock

Questions about beef to the hoof

What does beef to the hoof mean?
Beef to the hoof means fat, chubby, particularly with fat legs.
What part of speech is beef to the hoof?
Beef to the hoof is an adjective.

Words near beef to the hoof in the dictionary

  1. beef stroganoff
  2. beef Stroganov
  3. beef tapeworm
  4. beef tea
  5. beef teas
  6. beef to the hoof
  7. beef tomato
  8. beef tomatoes
  9. beef trust
  10. beef trusts
  11. beef up

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