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Beefer

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cow used for beef and not milk.

    "We usually reckon if a cow does not respond to good food at the pail, that she is "putting it on her back"; that is, she fattens, and is thus more of a beefer than a milker, and should not be retained for milking purpose."

  2. 2
    A police informer. slang
  3. 3
    A person with a beefy build. slang

    ""I'll bet. Well, is she? Fat, I mean." "Yeah. They ^([sic]) gal's a real beefer.""

Etymology

From beef + -er.

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