English
Noun
beeves plural
- rfv-sense plural of|beef|nodot=t: cows, bulls, or steers.
#*RQ:Authorized Version|Numbers|31|28
#*:And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
#*1667, w:John Milton|John Milton, s:Paradise Lost/Book XI|Paradise Lost
#*:One way a Band select from forage drives
#*:A herd of Beeves, faire Oxen and faire Kine
#*:From a fat Meddow ground
#*1726, w:Jonathan Swift|Jonathan Swift, s:Gulliver's Travels/Part I/Chapter II|Gulliver�s Travels
#*: �to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance.
#*2004, Ginger Hanson, Ransom's Bride'', page 106
#*:"I heard Texas was horses and beeves."
Category:English irregular plurals ending in "-ves"
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