calf : Idioms & Phrases

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box calf

  • noun black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts
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Bull calf

  • . (a) A stupid fellow.
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calf bone

  • noun the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
    fibula.
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calf love

  • noun temporary love of an adolescent
    crush; puppy love; infatuation.
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calf roping

  • noun capturing a calf with a lasso and binding its feet
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calf's brain

  • noun the brain of a calf eaten as meat
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calf's liver

  • noun liver of a calf used as meat
    calves' liver.
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calf's tongue

  • noun the tongue of a calf eaten as meat
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Calf's-foot jelly

  • noun a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet
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  • jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.
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golden calf

  • noun (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly
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Law calf

  • . See Law binding (above).
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mid-calf

  • noun the middle of the calf; half way between the knee and ankle
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sea calf

Sea" calf`
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  1. (Zoöl.) The common seal.
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