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单词 fork-buffet
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fork-buffet
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.
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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.
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