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beef⋅cake

[beef-keyk]
–noun Informal.
photographs of nearly nude young men in magazines or the like, posed to display their muscular bodies.

Origin:
1945–50; beef + cake, modeled on cheesecake
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beef·cake   (bēf'kāk')   
n.   Informal
  1. Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques.

  2. Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images.


[beef + (cheese)cake.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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beefcake

  1. n.
    a display of the male physique. (See also cheesecake.) : There was one calendar showing beefcake rather than the usual cheesecake.
  2. n.
    a muscularly handsome male. : She's been going out with a real beefcake.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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