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单词 whitebait dinner
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whitebait dinner
whitebait dinner n. now chiefly historical a dinner consisting principally of whitebait.Whitebait dinners were typically served beside the River Thames and were popular with Londoners during the 19th cent. A particularly grand one was held annually for cabinet ministers at Greenwich (on the origin of this see Encycl. Brit. (1910) XII. 554/2).
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1809 Lt. Arnold Lucky Escapes II. xxiv. 239 Not having enjoyed a white-bait dinner for several years past, they stept into a boat at the Temple stairs, and went to Blackwall.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 128 There are few entertainments more popular or agreeable than a whitebait dinner.
1906 Thames & its Story xi. 339 The Ministerial whitebait dinner has..become merely a recollection of the elderly Parliamentarian.
1999 Times 12 Oct. 26/7 The annual ‘Whitebait’ dinner of the Saints & Sinners Club of London held last night at the Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich.
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