Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an extract of beef (given to people who are ill).
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- proper noun trademark A brand of
beef extract made in the UK.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an extract of beef (given to people who are ill)
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Examples
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"Bovril," and unnecessarily explain that the pool it came from contained two dead horses and an ox.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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His Piccadilly painting features ads for Coca Cola, Bovril, Max Factor, Gordon's Gin and Wrigleys on the famous hoardings overlooking the junction.
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I took extreme action and switched to Bovril long enough for him to stop seeing me as a useful coffee supplier.
Dear Jeremy Jeremy Bullmore 2010
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It goes on: "A strict diet for two days a week consisting solely of vegetables, fruit, milk and a mug of Bovril could prevent breast cancer, scientists say."
The Daily Mail cancer story that torpedoes itself in paragraph 19 Ben Goldacre 2010
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These are illustrated with reference to film, comic books, advertising for, of all things, Bovril, cartoons and television.
Back to the Future: From the Second Century to Ishiguro Andrew McKie 2011
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Cue widespread spluttering over half-time Bovril, especially by those taking the view that there are no circumstances in which the concepts of foreplay, slow arousal, and Ken Bates should ever be allowed to appear so closely together in any one sentence.
Ken Bates and the art of slow seduction cannot help but leave me cold| Martin Kelner 2011
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No piece unites the book's themes better than a 1900 advertisement for Bovril, that uniquely British meat concentrate.
Hope & Glory 2011
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As a student, she lived on "rice cooked with Bovril or tomato ketchup or, when the occasion demanded protein, whelks"; these whelks I find hilarious, don't ask me why.
What to Look for in Winter: A Memoir of Blindness by Candia McWilliam 2010
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From the comfort of their own PC or in the classroom, anyone can now search for thousands of images of historic popular culture, from Queen Victoria to Bovril adverts and boy scouts.
Online Database: Alice’s Adventures Join Digital Collection « ResourceShelf 2010
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Dennis was a guy who went to the pub on Friday nights, then staggered home to listen to a BBC radio serial with a cup of hot Bovril.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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