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fourses

fourses noun: a light meal taken out to agricultural labourers in the afternoon.

Noun

fourses (usually uncountable, plural fourses)

  1. (UK, dialectal, historical, usually) A light meal taken out to agricultural labourers in the afternoon.
    • The harvestmen who board in the farm-houses fare sumptuously during the month of harvest.— […] at eleven o'clock in the morning, and four in the afternoon, they have each a large light plum-bun, with a pint of ale a piece, carried into the field, to encourage them to work cheerfully. These extra...1837 February, Anna Lee, “The Pinch of Salt”, in The Ladies’ Companion: A Monthly Magazine, Embracing Literature and the Arts, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: Published by William W. Snowdon, →OCLC...

Forms of fourses

pluralfourses

Origin of fourses

See four and elevenses.

Questions about fourses

What does fourses mean?
Fourses means a light meal taken out to agricultural labourers in the afternoon.
What part of speech is fourses?
Fourses is a noun.
What is the plural of fourses?
The plural of fourses is fourses.

Words near fourses in the dictionary

  1. fourriers
  2. fours
  3. fourscore
  4. fourscore and seven years ago
  5. fourscores
  6. fourses
  7. foursies
  8. foursome
  9. foursome reel
  10. foursome reels
  11. foursomes

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