English Explanatory Dictionary

surf and turf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A meal that combines seafood and meat, typically lobster or shrimp and steak.

Word forms

surf and turf surf 'n' turf

Etymology

From the environments of the animals used in its preparation (surf being the sea and turf the land), chosen for the rhyme. The earliest-known published use is in a 1967 advertisement in the Buffalo, New York Yellow Pages, placed by a restaurant called Michael's House of Steaks.

Related words

reef and beef
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