surf and turf
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Etymology[edit]
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.
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Further reading[edit]
- “surf and turf”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “surf and turf”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “surf and turf”, in Collins English Dictionary.