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bully beef
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bully beef has 1 sense
- bully beef(n = noun.food) corn beef, corned beef - beef cured or pickled in brine; Array is a kind of beef, boeuf
CIDE DICTIONARY
bully beef, n. [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See Boil, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.].
Pickled or canned beef. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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