DCHP-3

piece meat

Fur Trade, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1933 quote.

Quotations

1800
. . . all our piece meat is almost entirely out, & I should be very Sorry to be oblidged to make use of the little pounded meat we have at present.
1933
Piece meat refers to the meat that was cooked and eaten within a comparatively short time, instead of being pounded and dried. The pounded meat . . . was called pemmican.