| 单词 | irish horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIrish horse Irish horse n. Nautical slang (now historical) salt beef which is particularly tough, esp. through being old. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > salted meat Martinmas meatc1450 Martinmas beefc1475 powder beef1479 Martinmas flesh1656 Irish horse1748 bully1753 junk1762 salt junk1792 salt horse1836 red horse1864 hunter's beef1879 bullamacow1887 Jack1890 macon1939 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxiii. 291 Our provision consisted of putrid salt beef, to which the sailors gave the name of Irish horse. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 404 Irish horse, old salt beef. 1906 H. Strang In Clive's Command vi. 60 At sea 'tis all rope's end and salt pork, with Irish horse for a tit-bit. 2005 P. H. Spectre Mariner's Misc. 193 Salt beef that was tougher than usual—which was tough indeed—was known to sailors as ‘Irish horse.’ < as lemmas |
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