"tube steak" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-tube steak.ogg [Australia] Forms: tube steaks [plural]
Etymology: A rhyming allusion to cube steak and the item's shape. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tube steak (plural tube steaks)
  1. (chiefly Canada, US, idiomatic, humorous) A frankfurter/hot dog. Tags: Canada, US, humorous, idiomatic Categories (topical): Genitalia
    Sense id: en-tube_steak-en-noun-4-bxNIZH Disambiguation of Genitalia: 61 39 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 97 3
  2. (slang, North America, Australia)A penis. Tags: Australia, North-America, slang
    Sense id: en-tube_steak-en-noun-KFrQ904s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tube-steak, tubesteak, hot dog, frankfurter

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