[Lexicog] -ish suffixes

[John Roberts]

Peter Kirk wrote:

> By the way isn't bully beef so called because it is prototypically from
> a bull?

That is what I expected too. But according to NODE "bully"4, as in "bully
beef", is from "bouilli" (Fr) 'boiled'.

John Roberts




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