Beefsteak
[biːf'steɪk;'biːf-] or ['bifstek]
Definition
(n.) A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.
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Examples
- A beefsteak may be frozen in liquid air to such brittleness that it is shattered like a china plate when struck a slight blow. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On the other hand, she consumes so many pounds of beefsteaks and so many pints of porter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Those beefsteaks and that porter are the fuel to that young woman's engine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These things are a question of beefsteaks and porter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You speak of that annuity in pounds sterling, but it is in reality so many pounds of beefsteaks and so many pints of porter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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