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ˈox-cheek
The cheek of an ox, esp. as an article of food. Also attrib.
1592Greene Upst. Courtier (1871) 44 He useth him as courteously as a butchers cur would an ox-cheek when he is hungry. 1693Dryden Juvenal iii. 461 With what Companion-Cobler have you fed, On old Ox-cheeks, or He-Goats tougher Head? 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 61. 2/2 Ox-cheek-Women, Costermongers. 1769Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 5 To make an Ox Cheek Soup. |