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knife-and-fork

knife-and-fork noun: a trencherman; a person who eats heartily.

Noun

knife-and-fork

  1. (archaic) A trencherman; a person who eats heartily.

Questions about knife-and-fork

What does knife-and-fork mean?
Knife-and-fork means a trencherman; a person who eats heartily.
What part of speech is knife-and-fork?
Knife-and-fork is a noun.

Words near knife-and-fork in the dictionary

  1. knife urns
  2. knife wand
  3. knife wands
  4. knife's edge
  5. knife's edges
  6. knife-and-fork
  7. knife-boy
  8. knife-boys
  9. knife-colored
  10. knife-coloured
  11. knife-ear

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