whitebait dinner
now chiefly historical
noun
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. British (1910) XII. 554/2)..
Origin
Early 19th century.
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