Lick-box
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lick-box is a noun meaning (obsolete) A gourmand; a glutton.
Meaning
(obsolete) A gourmand; a glutton.
Example Sentences
Their Eſtate and Condition of living is but only changed after a very ſtrange manner[…] Achilles, a ſcald-pated Maker of Hay-bundles;¶ Agamemnon, a Lick-box.¶ Ulysses, a Hay-mower.
Word Forms
- lick-boxes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lickdish, helluo, slotch, lurcher, gulligut, chowhound.
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