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Definition of Charqui
1. n. Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.
Definition of Charqui
1. Noun. (context: South and Central America Western US) beef jerky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Charqui
1. a type of meat [n -S] : CHARQUID [adj] - See also: meat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charqui
Literary usage of Charqui
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In order to prevent the Indians, whose voracity was well known, from consuming
their entire rations of meat in one day, they were induced to make charqui ..."
2. The Paraná: With Incidents of the Paraguayan War, and South American by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1868)
"Only in Brazil and Cuba, where it is bought on account of its cheapness to feed
the slaves, has this charqui ever been a marketable article. ..."
3. Esperanza; or, The home of the wanderers by Anne Bowman (1855)
"Preparation of charqui. ... the hides spread out on the snow to be cleansed,
after which they began a large preparation of carne secco, the useful charqui. ..."
4. Campaigns and Cruises, in Venezuela and Ned Grenada, and in the Pacific by William D ] [Mahoney, Richard Longeville Vowell (1831)
"THE RODEO. MARKING THE CATTLE. WILD BULLS.—FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP. HAWKING.
HUNTING THE VICUNA. VINEYARDS IN CHILE. HORSES EXPORTED.—-charqui. LA POLILLA. ..."
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