bob-veal U.S.
[bob n.1; cf. staggering bob (staggering ppl. a. 1 d).]
The veal of a very young calf. Cf. bobby 4.
| 1855 in De Voe Market Assistant (1867) 421 Butchers call this bob-veal. 1888 San Francisco Weekly Exam. 22 Mar. (Farmer), It is time this traffic in..bob-veal was stopped. 1911 N.Y. Even. Post 13 Oct. 1 A former butcher was sentenced..for..shipping..the carcasses of five bob veal calves to this city. |