"cowmeat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cowmeat (uncountable)
  1. Rare form of cow meat. Tags: form-of, rare, uncountable Form of: cow meat Categories (topical): Meats Categories (lifeform): Cattle

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          "ref": "1998 January 21, Xperiment, “SHOCKING WEIRD EXPERIENCE”, in alt.out-of-body (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-19",
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          "text": "> That's bizarre! Though, now I think of it, maybe not. I beleive it was in Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe) that I first encountered the notion that western nomenclature has two words for many animals--the word for the animal and the word for the animal-as-meat.\nBut that is not much true in Holland. Pigmeat is called pigmeat, cowmeat is called cowmeat. (except that the dutch word koe is female, and the meat-word is for the genderless title). And so on. Of course, there are meats that are not named after the animal, because the preparation is also important (I think that's it).",
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