bully beef

canned or pickled beef.

Origin of bully beef

First recorded in 1865–70

If there were but four men to share in one tin of bully-beef or one pound of biscuits they counted themselves fortunate.

With Our Army in Palestine |Antony Bluett
Curiously enough, a leg of mutton appeared in the mess that night; and a very welcome change it was, too, from bully-beef.

With Our Army in Palestine |Antony Bluett
After a good sleep and our daily ration of one biscuit and a small piece of bully-beef, we felt better but still very hungry.

Into the Jaws of Death |Jack O'Brien
One could—and did—live on bully-beef and biscuits for weeks at a time and take no harm, provided one could get water.

With Our Army in Palestine |Antony Bluett

An hour later he had delicious fresh fish for breakfast, while most of the officers had bully-beef and bacon.

Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles |Oliver Hogue

bully beef

tinned corned beef Often shortened to: bully

C19 bully, anglicized version of French bouilli, from boeuf bouilli boiled beef