Bully-beef
canned or pickled beef.
Historical Examples
In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Erskine Childers
Cupid in Africa P. C. Wren
The Red Horizon Patrick MacGill
At Suvla Bay John Hargrave
With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett
The Great War As I Saw It Frederick George Scott
The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies Frank Worthington
The Irish at the Front Michael MacDonagh
The Great War As I Saw It Frederick George Scott
Into the Jaws of Death Jack O’Brien
noun
tinned corned beef Often shortened to bully
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