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Vegeburger, n.|ˈvɛdʒɪbɜːgə(r)|
Also vegeburger, veggie burger.
[f. vegetable n. + burger n.]
A proprietary name for a flat savoury cake similar in form to a hamburger but containing vegetables or vegetable protein rather than meat.
1972Britannica Bk. of Year (U.S.) 733/3 Vegeburger, a sandwich containing vegetable protein as a meat substitute. 1976Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 June tm254/2 Vege-burger... For meat substitute... First use Mar. 28, 1955. 1978Washington Post 10 Sept. c5/1 The self-proclaimed mellow are still pouting about the ‘hatchet job’ over veggie burgers, splashing about self-denials..in their hot tubs. 1983Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Aug. 1938/2 Vegeburger... Preparations included in Class 29 made from vegetable material, meat substitutes made from or containing vegetable protein, all for food for human consumption and for use in or for preparing burgers. 1983Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 15/3 Vegetarian campaigners from the Animal Rights Confederation presented a ‘vegeburger’ to staff at a MacDonalds fast-food restaurant in Nottingham. 1986Listener 12 June 16/1 Free festivals are market-places for everything hippies most like to sell, from hashish to vegeburgers. 1990Independent 19 May 3/7 It was then that Gregory Sams, father of the Vegeburger, gained the esoteric knowledge which enabled him to design the food of the future whose time has now come. |