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Hawaiian steak

Hawaiian steak noun: spam (a tinned meat product).

Noun

Hawaiian steak (uncountable)

  1. (US, humorous) Spam (a tinned meat product).

Origin of Hawaiian steak

From its popularity in Hawaii, stemming from World War II.

Questions about Hawaiian steak

What does Hawaiian steak mean?
Hawaiian steak means spam (a tinned meat product).
What part of speech is Hawaiian steak?
Hawaiian steak is a noun.

Words near Hawaiian steak in the dictionary

  1. Hawaiian seahorses
  2. Hawaiian shirt
  3. Hawaiian shirts
  4. Hawaiian sling
  5. Hawaiian slings
  6. Hawaiian steak
  7. Hawaiian time
  8. Hawaiian wedding flower
  9. Hawaiian wedding flowers
  10. Hawaiiana
  11. Hawaiianize

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