Calcutta hump

noun

A salted hump of beef exported from Calcutta (present-day Kolkata).

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Meanings

nounCalcutta hump (plural Calcutta humps)

plural Calcutta humps

  1. IndiahistoricalA salted hump of beef exported from Calcutta (present-day Kolkata).
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