hanger steak

noun

: a steak cut from the beef diaphragm

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The all-day menu includes entree salads, burgers and sandwiches, and affordable American fare entrees, including fish and chips, shrimp tacos and hanger steak. Karri Peifer, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024 There are familiar bistro classics—lobster salad and hanger steak bearnaise with frites—and throwback dishes like tripes à la mode. Kate Donnelly, Vogue, 22 July 2024 Restaurateurs typically adhere to a three-hundred-per-cent markup, so that a hanger steak that costs five euros appears on the menu at fifteen, and a filet that costs ten goes for thirty. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024 Joe Montana didn’t choose the hanger steak and fries or roasted chicken. Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hanger steak 

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hanger steak was in 1977

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“Hanger steak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hanger%20steak. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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