jerky

[< Am.Sp. charqui Quichua (Peruvian) echarqui]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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meat that has been cured by jerking.

See: jerk

Quotations

1921

The last of the meat is gone, except one little piece of jerky.

1963

If an animal is killed in summer, the meat is cut in long strips and hung in racks to dry into "Jerky."