beef ring

Esp. West

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a co-operative arrangement among members of a community for providing fresh beef.

Quotations

1915

The consolidated school and the "Beef-rings" in the country districts are already established facts. . . .

1920

As we're in a district that's too sparsely settled for a Beef Ring, we have to depend on ourselves for our roasts.

1965

We organized a beef ring and did the slaughtering at our place.