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An ox for slaughter.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > fattened or bred for slaughter
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1466 Paston Lett. II. 269 All the velys, lambes, beefins.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Beefing, a bullock fit for slaughter. (Suffolk dialect.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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ˈbeefing
ˈbeefing n.
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1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing viii. 210 Too much arguin' an' beefin', majority an' minority nonsense, talkin' shop stuff.
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