"cowflesh" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cowflesh.wav
Etymology: From Middle English cowe flesh (also kowes flesche), equivalent to cow + flesh. Compare German Kuhfleisch (“cow meat”), West Frisian kowefleis, Dutch koeievlees, koeienvlees. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cowe flesh}} Middle English cowe flesh, {{com|en|cow|flesh|pos=noun}} cow + flesh, {{cog|de|Kuhfleisch|t=cow meat}} German Kuhfleisch (“cow meat”), {{cog|fy|kowefleis}} West Frisian kowefleis, {{cog|nl|koeievlees}} Dutch koeievlees Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cowflesh (uncountable)
  1. The meat or flesh of a cow; beef. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Meats Synonyms: cow-flesh, cow flesh Related terms: oxflesh
    Sense id: en-cowflesh-en-noun-fd-5K90X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "We ferried our stock in U-Haul trailers, and across the months, as we purchased more cowflesh from the Goat Man — meat vanishing into the ether again and again, as if into some quarkish void — we became familiar enough with Sloat and his daughter to learn that her name was Flozelle, and to visit with them about matters other than stock.",
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