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Here's a meaty word for the boys (5)

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halal

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(Other definitions for halal that I've seen before include "Describing meat butchered according to Islamic law" , "specially prepared type of meat" , "food legally approved" , "special sort of meat" , "(Meat from animals killed) according to Muslim law" .)

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