Calfflesh

Quick meaning: Calfflesh is a noun meaning (nonstandard) The meat or flesh of a calf; veal.

Meaning

(nonstandard) The meat or flesh of a calf; veal.

Example Sentences

[…] and also very often eat man beefsteaks or calfflesh. [Note: This text is deliberately imitating a non-native speaker of English for comic effect.]

Calf flesh possesses a distinctive odour. While it is, by some manufacturers, largely substituted for chicken in the manufacture of ham, chicken, and tongue, other substitutions for veal are rarely practised [...]

The calf should be allowed to suckle or to be fed from the pail for six or eight months. It has then strength to stand weaning, and, if properly cared for, will not be checked in its growth, and it will retain the good calfflesh it has put on.

Word Forms

• calf-flesh
• calf flesh

Synonyms for calfflesh

Depending on context, synonyms include calfmeat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include veal, vealer, calf, cowflesh, killcalf, kill-calf.

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