Best end
noun
the end of the neck of lamb, pork, etc, nearest to the ribs
Historical Examples
Brood of the Witch-Queen Sax Rohmer
The Works of William Cowper William Cowper
A Terrible Tomboy Angela Brazil
The Barrier Allen French
It Never Can Happen Again William De Morgan
The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair James Otis
The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Mary Eaton
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. Francois Rabelais
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
Lin McLean Owen Wister
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