xarque
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Noun[edit]
xarque (uncountable)
- Archaic form of jerky.
- 1928, Glossary of Paper Terms and Instructions to Exporters for Guidance in Properly Listing and Classifying Exports of Paper and Paper Products on Shippers' Export Declarations, United States: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, page 207:
- […] as there is no means of preserving beef except to dry it as xarque, which is only possible during the dry season.
- 1931, Commerce Reports, volume 3, number 50, page 587:
- The principal exports are hides, xarque (jerked beef), ipecac, skins of wild animals, and rubber.