Not P but Moby-Dick (59)

[Mike Jing]

I got it. He's talking about supper, same as "slap-jacks and quohogs for
supper" below.


On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 5:07 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 81:
>
> “Oh!  see the suds he makes! ” cried Flask, dancing up and down—“What a
> hump—Oh, do pile on the beef—lays like a log!  Oh!  my lads, do
> spring—slap-jacks and quohogs for supper, you know, my lads—baked clams and
> muffins—oh, do, do, spring—he’s a hundred barreler—don’t lose him
> now—don’t, oh, don’t!
>
>  What does "pile on the beef" mean here?
>
>