tenderizern.
/ˈtɛndəˌrʌɪzə/ Something used to make meat tender, either (a) the enzyme papain, or (b) a steak hammer.
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tenderizer1958
1958 Catal. County Stores, Taunton June 12 Papaya Juice (meat tenderiser)—a bot. 2/-.
1959 Housewife June 75 Steak tenderisers in sycamore.
1969 New Yorker 27 Sept. 122/2 Unite, slaves of the steam kettle and the shakers of meat tenderizer and MSG.
1970 M. Slater Caribbean Cooking 12 The pulp [of pawpaw] contains pepsin and the skin and seeds are useful as meat tenderisers.
1975 A. Ayckbourn Round & round Garden 18 I line up the dishes and smash them—slowly—with the steak tenderizer.
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