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tigermeat

tigermeat noun: the meat of a tiger.

Noun

tigermeat (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The meat of a tiger.
    • Chinese in the Ming period will vary their basic diet of […] tigermeat, […]1996, James Trager, The Food Chronology: A Food Lover's Compendium of Events and Anecdotes from Prehistory to the Present, London: Aurum Press, →ISBN, page 70
    • Arriving back at the camp, I had to face the ribbing of my fellow officers as they sat at breakfast, laughingly deriding my tiger-hunting abilities, shouting for the bearer to bring bacon and eggs and a slice of my newly shot tigermeat sautéed in red wine!2003, William Pennington, Pick Up Your Parrots and Monkeys: A Boy Soldier in India, London: Phoenix, published 2004, →ISBN, page 275

Origin of tigermeat

Compound of tiger + meat.

Questions about tigermeat

What does tigermeat mean?
Tigermeat means the meat of a tiger.
What part of speech is tigermeat?
Tigermeat is a noun.

Words near tigermeat in the dictionary

  1. tigerlike
  2. tigerling
  3. tigerlings
  4. tigerly
  5. Tigerman
  6. tigermeat
  7. tigernut
  8. tigernuts
  9. tigerproof
  10. tigers
  11. tigerskin

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