Meaning of biltong | Babel Free

Definitions

A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.

South-Africa, Zimbabwe, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The rest⟳ of the buck's flesh we cut⟳ into strips and hung in the sun to dry into 'biltong,' as, I believe⟳, the South African Dutch call⟳ flesh thus prepared.”

“"P W who …?" Mr William Clark is reputed to have⟳ said when he was being quizzed for the job of American Assistant Secretary of State. Well, whatever political reminders he might now have⟳, he will never forget⟳ our prime minister [P. W. Botha] after being given so memorable a dish as biltong souffle for breakfast yesterday, backed up by straight biltong and maroela jelly.”

CEFR level