Fleshmeat

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food. countable, dated, uncountable

    "a. 1529, John Skelton, Colyn Cloute, London: Richard Kele, c. 1545, some of you do eate / In lenton season fleshe mete"

Synonyms

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meat

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"a. 1529, John Skelton, Colyn Cloute, London: Richard Kele, c. 1545, some of you do eate / In lenton season fleshe mete"

Etymology

From Old English flǣsċmete, equivalent to flesh + meat.

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