corned beef
See also: Corned Beef
English
Etymology
(chief officer): Rhyming slang for chief.
Noun
corned beef
- Smoke-cured and salted beef.
- Beef conserved in tins (cans).
- (UK, prison slang, historical) The chief officer of a prison.
- 1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz
- Steve and I raced for the building and began climbing the wall, before any of the screws knew what was happening. […] The Corned Beef came out first and initiated the ploy to get us down.
- 1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz
Translations
smoke-cured and salted beef
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beef conserved in tins
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See also
- bully beef
- pastrami
- smoked meat
- salt beef
Further reading
- corned beef on Wikipedia.Wikipedia