corn-beef

Noun

corned beef (countable and uncountable, plural corned beefs)

1. Smoke-cured and salted beef.
2. Beef conserved in tins (cans).
   • Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese...2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN
3. (UK, historical, slang) The chief officer of a prison.
   • Steve and I raced for the building and began climbing the wall, before any of the screws knew what was happening. […] The Corned Beef came out first and initiated the ploy to get us down.1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz