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Definition of Trenchermen
1. trencherman [n] - See also: trencherman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trenchermen
Literary usage of Trenchermen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York of the Novelists by Arthur Bartlett Maurice (1917)
"... The Inns of Fiction—Mine Host of Yesterday—The trenchermen Beyond the Magic
Door—A Little Dinner in the Land of Make Believe. ..."
2. A Literary Source-book of the German Renaissance by Merrick Whitcomb (1899)
"The guests did not keep us waiting, but set themselves to the table and showed
themselves valiant trenchermen. The student took no heed of what might become ..."
3. The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with by Ida Pfeiffer, Henry William Dulcken (1861)
"With regard to the performances of the people of Madagascar as trenchermen, I
have been told that four natives can eat up an ox in a space of twenty-four ..."
4. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"... a huge basket of fresh-caught carp—for the morrow was Friday, and there were
fifty platters to be filled and as many sturdy trenchermen behind them. ..."
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