Meanings
plural meatburgers
- rareA burger made with meat.
There is no need ever to eat a meatburger again!
1993, Kathy Silk, “Vegetarian Burgers and Sausages”, in First Steps in Vegetarian Cooking, London: Thorsons, →ISBN, chapter 8 (Main Dishes), page 1215 more examples
She ate powdered cashews, cucumbers, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, soya “meatburgers,” nectarines and other uncooked foods “that come out of the ground or grow on trees.”
1960 July 7, McCandlish Phillips, “Dr. Moore Ends 85-Day Hike From California to Times Sq. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSprinkle with flour and flatten each patty with a knife, forming a meatburger.
1973, Valerie McKenzie, “Blue Cheeseburgers”, in Say Cheese!, New York, N.Y.: Drake Publishers, →ISBN, page 128Joni Mitchell was in Woodstock while football fans grilling meatburgers were asking me if Henry Davis would ever make a good middle linebacker.
1981 November 1, George Vecsey, “Sports of The Times: A Look Back at Those Crosstown Rivalries”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015Meanwhile, he had no money. Literally, did not have the price of a meatburger, his favourite food.
2000, Doris Lessing, Ben, in the World […], New York, N.Y.: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 39Carlan’s mother made sure that Lex had a meatburger. “Wow, Mrs. Ferris—a home made meatburger! Thanks a lot,” he said, digging right in. […] “I can’t see how you people can eat vegetables and fish all the time. Just give me a meatburger and some gooey Chowdon rice and I’m happy.”
2003, Constance Kron DeMott, “Part Three: Save Earth!”, in The Space Adventures of Carlan and Lex, Pequannock, N.J.: Xlibris, published 2004, →ISBN, pages 238 (chapter 8) and 241 (chapter 9)
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