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noun

Barbecue n.

A framework of metal or brick, usually with a grill on top, in which a fire is lighted and on which food is cooked, usually outdoors; also called a barbecue grill.

A social entertainment, where people assemble, usually in the open air, at which a meal is prepared on a barbecue grill.

A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

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Etymology of 'Barbecue'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Barbecue" Quotes from Famous Books

... on the Nolichucky River, and from his deeds of daring and his hospitality was nicknamed "Chucky Jack." When Shelby arrived, it was a day of merrymaking. They were having a barbecue; that is, they were roasting oxen whole on great spits; and a {94} horse race was to be run. The colonel told his story, and the merrymakers ...

— Hero Stories from American History - For Elementary Schools • Albert F. Blaisdell

... great picnic or political barbecue, with the smoking trenches, the burgoo, and the central feast of beef and mutton left out. Everywhere country folks were gathering up fragments of lunch on the thick grass, or strolling past the tents of the soldiers, or stopping before the Colonel's pavilion ...

— Crittenden - A Kentucky Story of Love and War • John Fox, Jr.

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