calfflesh
nounEtymology From Middle English calfflesch, equivalent to calf + flesh. Compare Dutch kalfsvlees (“veal”), German Kalbfleisch (“veal”).
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Nonstandard The meat or flesh of a calf; veal.
- The calf should be allowed to suckle or to be fed from the pail for six or eight months. It has then strength to stand weaning, and, if properly cared for, will not be checked in its growth, and it will retain the good calfflesh it has put on.1875, William M'Combie, Cattle and cattle-breeders:
- […] and also very often eat man beefsteaks or calfflesh. [Note: This text is deliberately imitating a non-native speaker of English for comic effect.]1899, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch:
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- Calf flesh possesses a distinctive odour. While it is, by some manufacturers, largely substituted for chicken in the manufacture of ham, chicken, and tongue, other substitutions for veal are rarely practised [...]1902, Thomas Walley, A practical guide to meat inspection:
- Synonyms
- calfmeat