cornbeef

Alternative form of corn beef.

Noun

  1. Alternative form of corn beef.
    • But lifting his hands to high heaven, he vociferously swore, / By his hopes of an increased household, and by the nine gods of yore, / If e’er in moment propitious, again he should strive to treat / The crowd then...
    • She stood in the kitchen now, regarding the well-browned cornbeef hash without enthusiasm, and then she turned off the light under the pan. Anyway, she was not hungry, and she hated to eat alone, and she was as bored...
    • Charlie, there’s one of Genny’s needlepoints in the kitchen, ‘Down with cornbeef pie.’ - 1986, James Clavell, Whirlwind (Asian Saga; 5), New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 827: