beef tea

English

Noun

beef tea (countable and uncountable, plural beef teas)

1. A strong beef broth.
2. Bovril diluted with hot water or milk.
   • 1897, Edward Spencer, Cakes & Ale‎:

     Make half-a-pint of beef-tea in a tumbler with this extract. Put the tumbler in a refrigerator for an hour, then add a liqueur-glassful of old brandy, with just a dust of cayenne. This is one of the very best pick-me-ups known to the faculty.

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• feebate