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smell-feasts

smell-feasts is the plural of smell-feast.

Meaning of smell-feast

Noun

smell-feast (plural smell-feasts)

  1. (archaic) One who is apt to find and frequent places where good food is available; especially one who comes uninvited to a meal; a parasite; a sponger.
    • Paraſites, were called ſoche ſmellefeaſtes as would ſeeke to be free geaſtes at richemens tables.1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Alexander the Greate”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […]...

Questions about smell-feasts

What is smell-feasts the plural of?
Smell-feasts is the plural of smell-feast.

Words near smell-feasts in the dictionary

  1. smell you later
  2. smell-alike
  3. smell-alikes
  4. smell-brain
  5. smell-feast
  6. smell-feasts
  7. smell-o-meter
  8. smell-o-meters
  9. smell-o-rama
  10. smell-o-ramas
  11. smell-o-vision

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