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Answer for the clue "An extract of beef (given to people who are ill) ", 6 letters:
bovril

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Bovril is the trademarked name of a thick, salty meat extract , developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnston . It is sold in a distinctive, bulbous jar. Bovril is made in Burton upon Trent , Staffordshire ; owned and distributed by Unilever UK. Bovril ...

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Bovril \Bovril\ n. an extract of beef (given to people who are ill). Syn: beef tea.

Usage examples of bovril.

London was a backdrop for cries of murder muffled in the fog, its soft claxons, its hum of voices and occasional shouts, its Bovril and Wrigley's peeking through curtains of mist, all a cover-up for ill will and private acts of treachery.