What does artophagous mean?
Artophagous means (rare) bread-eating.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) bread-eating.
Artophagous Frenchmen complain that, at Dutch hotels, the bits of bread beside your plate are absurdly small, and as light as sponge cake, but no penalty is incurred by asking for more.
To the artophagous, that is, bread-eating professions, bread is the staple diet. Tailors and teachers are often dedicated artolaters, refusing to eat anything else.
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Artophagous means (rare) bread-eating.
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Artophagous Frenchmen complain that, at Dutch hotels, the bits of bread beside your plate are absurdly small, and as light as sponge cake, but no penalty is incurred by asking for more.
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