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English
Etymology
From beef + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
beefer (plural beefers)
- A cow used for beef and not milk.
1916, Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, Journal, volumes 30-32, page 89:We usually reckon if a cow does not respond to good food at the pail, that she is "putting it on her back"; that is, she fattens, and is thus more of a beefer than a milker, and should not be retained for milking purpose.
- (slang) A police informer.
- (slang) A person with a beefy build.
2010, Vincenzo Spiaggi, A Tribute to His Heroes, page 325:"I'll bet. Well, is she? Fat, I mean."
"Yeah. They gal's a real beefer."
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