beef tea

noun — 2 senses

beef tea

noun

1

A strong beef broth.

2

Bovril diluted with hot water or milk.

Make half-a-pint of beef-tea in a tumbler with this extract. Put the tumbler in a refrigerator for an hour, then add a liqueur-glassful of old brandy, with just a dust of cayenne. This is one of the very best pick-me-ups known to the faculty.1897, Edward Spencer, Cakes & Ale:

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