beefsteak

/ˈbiːfˌsteɪk/

Etymology

From beef + steak. Doublet of bifshtek and bistek.

noun

  1. (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).“Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go, my honey oh back to Tennessee It's beefsteak when I'm workin, whiskey when I'm dry, and sweet heaven when I die It's beefsteak when I'm workin, whiskey when I'm dry, and sweet heaven when I die”
  2. Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).; The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
  3. A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.