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Definition of Beefsteaks
1. beefsteak [n] - See also: beefsteak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beefsteaks
Literary usage of Beefsteaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1887)
"A Second Dublin Season—The Acme of her Fame—The Beefsteak Club —The Sublime
Society of beefsteaks—Political Disturbances— The Tragedy of ' Mahomet'—Mr. ..."
2. Trooper and Redskin in the Far North-West: Recollections of Life in the by John G. Donkin (1889)
"Winter—Volunteers for Saskatchewan—Jumpers and moccasins— To Qu'Appelle—Intense
cold—A.model hotel—Tent pegs or beefsteaks ?—A terrible march. ..."
3. The American Matron: Or Practical and Scientific Cookery by A housekeeper (1851)
"beefsteaks SMOTHERED IN ONIONS. Cut up eight onions very fine, put them into ...
Cook a steak as above, and when finished, pour the beefsteaks WITH OYSTERS. ..."
4. The Practical Cook, English and Foreign: Containing a Great Variety of Old by Joseph Bregion, Anne Miller (1845)
"When your beefsteaks are done, put the above ingredients under the steaks, and
all round fried potatoes of a fine brown colour. ..."
5. Through Norway with ladies by William Mattieu Williams (1877)
"... invisible — Incomprehensible beefsteaks — Solution of the mystery — Ultramarine-blue
blood — Fluctuations of scenery due to changes of weather — Mine ..."
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