liberty steak

noun

A hamburger.

Meanings

nounliberty steak (plural liberty steaks)

plural liberty steaks

  1. UShistoricalA hamburger.

Origin

Coined during wartime because of antipathy toward the Germans and their language; see liberty cabbage.

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liberty steak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liberty%20steak

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