beeve

B3E1E1V4E1
/biːv/

noun

A cow, a bovine

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounbeeve (plural beeves)

plural beeves

  1. archaicA cow, a bovine

    They would knock down the first beeve they met with.

    1855–1859, Washington Irving, The Life of George Washington

Origin

Back-formation from beeves, plural of beef.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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