bachelor's fare
Syllables: ba·che·lor's fareUK/ˈbæt͡ʃələz ˈfɛə(ɹ)/US/ˈbæt͡ʃələɹz ˈfɛɹ/
bachelor's fare noun: a simple meal that requires no cooking, such as bread and cheese.
Noun
bachelor's fare (uncountable)
- A simple meal that requires no cooking, such as bread and cheese.
- Lady Anſw[erall]. Colonel, ſome Ladies of your Acquaintance have promis'd to breakfast with you, and I am to wait on them; what will you give us? / Col[onel Atwit]. Why, faith, Madam, Batchelors Fare; Bread and Cheeſe, and Kiſſes. / Lady Anſw. Poh! what have you Batchelors to do with your Money...1738, Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used at Court, and in the Best...
- Tho' his house ben't so nice, he is sure to be neat, / And the ladies are always well pleas'd with his treat. / By the ſmack of their lips they at parting declare, / How delicious a feaſt they think bachelor's fare.1738 January, “The Bachelor’s Life. To the Tune in The King and the Miller.”, in The London Magazine: And Monthly Chronologer, London: Printed for T[homas] Astley, at the Rose over-against the...
Forms of bachelor's fare
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Origin of bachelor's fare
A reference to the meals that bachelors supposedly have, because they either cannot cook or are not inclined to do so.
Words that rhyme with bachelor's fare
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- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about bachelor's fare
- What does bachelor's fare mean?
- Bachelor's fare means a simple meal that requires no cooking, such as bread and cheese.
- What part of speech is bachelor's fare?
- Bachelor's fare is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bachelor's fare?
- Bachelor's fare is pronounced /ˈbæt͡ʃələz ˈfɛə(ɹ)/ (UK).
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