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Webster 1913 Edition
Biltong
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Bil′tong
,Noun.
[S. African.]
Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried.
H. R. Haggard.
Definition 2024
biltong
biltong
English
Noun
biltong (countable and uncountable, plural biltongs)
- (South Africa) A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying. Similar to American jerky.
- "For the uninitiated Biltong is a dried meat product made mostly in South Africa. It literally translates to "Bum Strips". Many countries have similar products but none are exactly like biltong and so representative of the taste of South Africa.
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- http://www.shebeen.com/biltong/