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rosbif
/ rɔsbif; ˌrəʊsˈbiːf /
noun
- a term used in France for an English person
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rosbif1
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Example Sentences
Hardly had they taken their places when Napoleon began to quiz Betsy on the fondness of the English for "rosbif and plum pudding."
Pour dire vrai, however, the rosbif of England is hardly more scientific than the sun-dried meat of the Tartars.
Both Mrs. Burton and I want a medicine of rest and roast beef as opposed to rosbif.
If you would be there, madame, I would engage to find you a way in the teeth of all 'les goddams' who ever chewed rosbif.
Potato salad was next in demand and cooked tongue and rosbif disappeared rapidly.
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