What is "piece of meat"

Usage examples of "piece of meat".

But he knew that gathering Iza's magic plants was more important than getting him a drink of water, or tea, or a piece of meat, or the fur skins he purposely forgot to wrap around his legs as leggings, or his hood, or an apple, or two stones from the stream to crack nuts because he didn't like the stones near the cave, or any of the other inconsequential tasks he might think of for her to do.

He moved aside, as he had always done before when she came upon him with a kill and wanted to save the skin or take a piece of meat for herself.

Then she took the awful piece of meat out of his hand, knelt close to him, being careful not to bump his bad hip, and took him into her arms.

He chewed on a piece of meat, grateful for the rest, as he waited for Armun to come.

Kerrick ate a piece of meat, then pushed the tray over and watched while the hunter took a piece and ate it with signs of pleasure.

The finger rested on her deck now, a separate thing, a piece of meat.

The Knife stood apart from his remaining men in the shadow of the east gate tower, his eyes as pale as gristle in a piece of meat.

Meeda felt its coldness in her mouth, stinging her gums and numbing her tongue until it felt like a piece of meat against her teeth.

Jack caught a glimpse of Rovas' palm: it was seared like a piece of meat.

He could not recall when last he had taken a breath that satisfied him wholly or chewed a piece of meat until it was flat.

He licked his fingers and wiped them clean on the grass, then dug around with a fingernail to rout out a piece of meat stuck somewhere in the back of his mouth.

Richard stared at her thin, delicate fingers holding out the piece of meat.