horseburger

English

Etymology

horse +‎ -burger

Noun

horseburger (plural horseburgers)

  1. A burger made from horsemeat.
    • 1959, Ronald Hambleton, Every man is an island:
      […] and then the long confab with the man behind the counter of the horseburger stand, a tasty mouthful inside a bun crisped to perfection, the whole topped with a generous serving of onions, mustard, ketchup, salt and pepper […]
    • 2010, Piers Letcher, Croatia, 4th:
      One caveat – while the grah (hearty bean stew) is particularly good, traditional fare like horseburgers may not be to everyone's taste.
    • 2013, James Kirkup (The Daily Telegraph), Horseburgers: it's OK to eat horses, but remember to say thank you‎:
      And yet... Let's be honest about the horseburger thing: public outrage is based on an essentially irrational inconsistency about which animals we eat and which we don't. Why is eating horse any different from eating cow?
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