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- noun Plural form of
beefeater .
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Examples
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Two other male beefeaters were investigated following Cameron's complaints.
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"That always used to be the joke — we took all the lumberjacks and the beefeaters and made them lineman," says Minnesota Vikings assistant offensive line coach Jim Hueber, who coached the Badgers' offensive line from 1995 to 2005.
What Are They Feeding the Badgers? Hannah Karp 2010
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The tower's yeoman warders date back to 1485, and their nickname, beefeaters, is thought to derive from the daily ration of meat they received.
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 A young man named Ryder assembled several of the hybrid-mutant beefeaters, and turned them into a Skrull Kill Krew, working to destroy an alien menace years before anyone else realized that there was even an invasion going on.
Review: Skrull Kill Krew #1 (of 5) | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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My mother just helped me arrange a prominent display of liquor bottles in my front room, and would gasp in surprise if anyone suggested that she should furtively sneak into a liquor store where no one knows her to buy her beefeaters.
The Los Angeles Liquor Puzzle, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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On the shelves of tacky tourist-tat shops, alongside teddy bears dressed as beefeaters and postcards of Princess Diana.
Archive 2009-09-01 juliette 2009
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On the shelves of tacky tourist-tat shops, alongside teddy bears dressed as beefeaters and postcards of Princess Diana.
The National Affront juliette 2009
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Her future boss says she'll be treated like other male beefeaters, to the last stitch.
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Like other beefeaters, she is a soldier meeting the minimum 22 years of military service required.
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VAN MARSH: King Henry VIII initially had beefeaters guard the tower's famous captives, including his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was held in the tower and executed here too.
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