neckbeef

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noun

Meat from the neck of cattle.

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Meanings

nounneckbeef (uncountable)

alternative neck beef

  1. obsoleteuncountableMeat from the neck of cattle.

    We refer to Arbitration, which at present would be far more used than is the case, if the tendency to resort to it were not constantly obstructed by our lawyers, who naturally enough consider it an inferior commodity—something like neckbeef.

    1887, Laurence Gronlund, The Co-operative Commonwealth in Its Outlines: An Exposition of Collectivism

Origin

From neck + beef.

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APA

neckbeef. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neckbeef

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“neckbeef.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neckbeef. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neckbeef,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neckbeef.

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