| 单词 | fork supper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfork supper fork supper n. (also fork-buffet, fork-dinner, fork-lunch, fork-luncheon, etc.), a meal served at a buffet, etc., consisting of food suitable for eating with fork alone, making the provision of set places at table unnecessary. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > buffet or standing meal perpendicular1863 stand-up1882 buffet meal1888 fork supper1940 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie i. 12 He came to all the week-end parties, tea parties, fork luncheons. 1949 Antiquity 23 121 After a sumptuous fork-luncheon they all set off for Amiens. 1952 A. Colby Beauty Bk. 230 The buffet supper..is a ‘fork supper’. 1957 H. Croome Forgotten Place vii. 89 We'll have a party. Just a fork supper, and a bit of dancing. 1958 TV Times 18 July 18/3 The party is always on a Sunday or Monday—fork buffets, of course. 1965 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 9 Oct. 17/11 A fork dinner for 40 young friends. 1971 Times 22 Jan. 14/3 Aspirants..would be well-advised to practise the art of conversing while wielding wine glass and loaded plate, because the plan is to hold a two-hour fork luncheon before the selection meeting. < as lemmas |
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