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Dutch feast

Dutch feast noun: an entertainment where the host becomes drunk before the guests.

Noun

Dutch feast (plural Dutch feasts)

  1. (archaic) An entertainment where the host becomes drunk before the guests.
    • We sat to a late hour, but, as I wished to avoid making a Dutch feast of it, I acted with caution and kept tolerably sober.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 72

Forms of Dutch feast

pluralDutch feasts

Questions about Dutch feast

What does Dutch feast mean?
Dutch feast means an entertainment where the host becomes drunk before the guests.
What part of speech is Dutch feast?
Dutch feast is a noun.
What is the plural of Dutch feast?
The plural of Dutch feast is Dutch feasts.

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