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Webster 1913 Edition
Smell-feast
Smell′-feastˊ
,Noun.
1.
One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
The epicure and the
smell-feast
. South.
2.
A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.
Definition 2024
smell-feast
smell-feast
English
Noun
smell-feast (plural smell-feasts)
- (archaic) One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
- South
- The epicure and the smell-feast.
- L'Estrange
- The fly is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that sponges upon other people's trenchers.
- South