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beefer

noun

Etymology

From beef + -er.

  1. derived from *gʷṓws✻
  2. derived from *gʷōs✻
  3. derived from bōs
  4. derived from buef
  5. derived from beof
  6. inherited from bef
  7. suffixed as beefer — “beef + er”

Definitions

  1. A cow used for beef and not milk.

    • We usually reckon if a cow does not respond to good food at the pail, that she is "putting it on her back"; that is, she fattens, and is thus more of a beefer than a milker, and should not be retained for milking purpose.

  2. A police informer.

  3. A person with a beefy build.

    • "I'll bet. Well, is she? Fat, I mean." "Yeah. They ^([sic]) gal's a real beefer."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA