Brewer's: Beef-steak Club

owed its origin to an accidental dinner taken by Lord Peterborough in the scene-room of Rich, over Covent Garden Theatre. The original gridiron on which Rich broiled the peer's steak is still preserved in the palladium of the club, and the members have it engraved on their buttons. (History of the Clubs of London.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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