| 单词 |
neck-beef |
| 释义 |
ˈneck-beef [f. neck n.1] Beef from the necks of cattle, which is of inferior quality. Hence transf. of anything inferior or cheap.
1662Petty Taxes 86 A little bread and cheese,..neck beef, and inwards twice a week. 1687Sedley Bellamira iv. i, She is very pretty, and as cheap as neck-beef. 1707Cibber Double Gallant iv. Wks. 1777 III. 59 If I had the feeding of you, I'd bring you in a fortnight to neck-beef. 1772Foote Nabob ii. Wks. 1799 II. 311 Dog-cheap; neck-beef; a penny loaf for a halfpenny! 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 438 As neck-beef and sticking-pieces are provided by the butcher for those who cannot come up to the price of ribs and sirloins. |

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