"tube steak" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-tube steak.ogg 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
    Sense id: en-tube_steak-en-noun-4-bxNIZH Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  2. (slang, Canada, US, Australia) A penis. Tags: Australia, Canada, US, slang Categories (topical): Genitalia
    Sense id: en-tube_steak-en-noun-KFrQ904s Disambiguation of Genitalia: 22 78 Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tube-steak, tubesteak, hot dog, frankfurter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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