Lexicographical Neighbors of Neckbeef
Literary usage of Neckbeef
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language by John Walker (1797)
"... a long narrow pit ; on the neck, immediately after ; to break the neck of an
affair, to hinder any thing being done, or to do more than half. neckbeef ..."
2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... a long narrow part; on the neck, immediately after; to break the neck of an
affair, to hinder any thing done, or to do more than half. neckbeef ..."
3. The Coöperative Commonwealth in Its Outlines: An Exposition of Modern Socialism by Laurence Gronlund (1884)
"... commodity—something like neckbeef. Suppose the plaintiff in a given suit• were
required to select one of the Commonwealth•s judges, who would take down ..."
4. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"... To break the neck of an affair, to hinder any thing being done, or to do more
than half. neckbeef. ..."
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