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bully beef

bully beef noun: pickled or canned beef.

Noun

bully beef (uncountable)

  1. (UK) Pickled or canned beef.

Origin of bully beef

From a corruption of French bouilli (“boiled”) + beef.

Questions about bully beef

What does bully beef mean?
Bully beef means pickled or canned beef.
What part of speech is bully beef?
Bully beef is a noun.

Words near bully beef in the dictionary

  1. bullwhipping
  2. bullwhippings
  3. bullwhips
  4. bullwort
  5. bully
  6. bully beef
  7. bully boy
  8. bully boys
  9. Bully Kutta
  10. bully off
  11. bully pulpit

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