Neckbeef
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Meat from the neck of cattle. obsolete, uncountable
"We refer to Arbitration, which at present would be far more used than is the case, if the tendency to resort to it were not constantly obstructed by our lawyers, who naturally enough consider it an inferior commodity—something like neckbeef."
Example
More examples"We refer to Arbitration, which at present would be far more used than is the case, if the tendency to resort to it were not constantly obstructed by our lawyers, who naturally enough consider it an inferior commodity—something like neckbeef."
Etymology
From neck + beef.
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