bifteckn.
/biftɛk/ = beef-steak n.
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beef-steak1711
entrecôte1840
filet de bœuf1841
porterhouse steak1842
porterhouse1854
bifteck1861
fillet steak1877
tournedos1877
pope's eye1885
filet mignon1906
minute steak1910
T-bone1916
churrasco1917
Swiss steak1932
strip steak1962
shell steak1968
hanger steak1988
1825 French Domestic Cookery 50 Bifteck au Beurre d'Anchois.—Beef-Steaks with Anchovy Butter.]
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xi. 264 There is in every carte at every French restaurant..biftek d'Angleterre.
1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth 16 To become a Deputy or Minister was only a form of earning one's bifteck and rather a fat one at that.
1969 Guardian 30 Aug. 3/4 With meat the price it is, it is unlikely that it will be a very good biftek in a 27s 6d meal.
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