What does lick-box mean?
Lick-box means (obsolete) A gourmand; a glutton..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A gourmand; a glutton..
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.
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Lick-box means (obsolete) A gourmand; a glutton..
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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.
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