Definition of "beeves" [beeves]

• A plural of beef. (noun)

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• ""Signorina, the beeves are a present from Florence the beautiful Would ye look a gift beef i 'the nose?""
• "It is curious that beef does not appear to have survived, though Leboeuf is common in French, and bullocks are still called "beeves" in Scotland."
• "Spread out before her were several open stock books, from which she was endeavoring to estimate the probable number of "beeves" which the early spring would produce."