ProphetesAI is thinking...
bean-feast
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
bean-feast
ˈbean-feast [f. bean n. + feast n.] a. An annual dinner given by employers to their work-people. Also, (colloq.) any festive occasion. Hence bean-feaster.1805 Sporting Mag. XXVI. 304/2 At a late bean feast, a Gentleman Taylor, celebrated for his liberality, gave a rich treat to his men, at his occas...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Bean-feast
A bean-feast, also known as beano in Britain, is an informal term for a celebratory meal or party.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
The Bean Feast
In the 17th-century Low Countries a bean-feast was a celebration at which a goose would be eaten and a cake carved up between the people present.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
beano
beano slang. (ˈbiːnəʊ) orig. Printers' abbreviation of bean-feast. Later, in gen. use, a festive entertainment frequently ending in rowdyism.1888 Jacobi Printers' Vocab., Beano, a slang abbreviation for ‘beanfeast’, which is, however, usually termed ‘goose’ or wayzgoose by compositors. 1897 N. & Q. ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Montpelier Bean Feast
Montpelier Bean Feast is an annual event taking place in Montpelier Park in Montpelier, Bristol, UK. The emphasis is on celebrating community pride in the local harvest, heritage and creativity. The original Montpelier Bean Feast was an 18th-century Bristol event. Local residents revived the event i...
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Beano
former second-hand record shop, once the largest in Europe, located in Croydon, England
T13 Beano Grenade, an experimental hand grenade
Beano, short for bean-feast
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
bean
▪ I. bean, n. (biːn) Forms: 1–2 béan, 3–6 ben, 4–6 bene, been(e, (Sc. and north. bein, beyn), 6–7 beane, 6– bean. pl. beans; in 1 béana, 4 bene, benen, 4–6 benes, -ys. [Common Teut.: OE. béan (fem.) = OHG. bôna, mod.G. bohne, MDu. bone, Du. boon, ON. baun:—OTeut. *baunâ (str. fem.); conjectured by F...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Fairlop
This may be the origin of the English words bean-feast and beano.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
empire
▪ I. empire, n. (ˈɛmpaɪə(r)) Forms: 3 anpyre, empyere, 4 empir, (impire, imparre), 4–5 emper(e, 4–6 empyr(e, 4– empire. [a. F. empire:—L. imperium in same sense; related to imperāre to command, whence imperātor emperor. Owing partly to historical circumstances, and partly to the sense of the etymolo...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
King cake
Bean-feast
Bread in Spain
Ensaïmada
Panettone: an Italian sweet bread served during the Christmas period.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Hainault Forest
Day began the fair as a benefit for his workers - they dined on beans and bacon, and this may be the origin of the English words bean-feast and beano.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
List of dining events
Feasts
Bean-feast – was primarily an annual dinner given by an employer to his or her employees.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org