Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A feast given by an employer to those whom he employs.
- noun A social festival originally observed in France, and afterward in Germany and England, on the evening before Twelfth day, or, as the Germans call it, Three Kings' day.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (British) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK A
dinner party given to theemployees of afirm . - noun chiefly UK Any similar
social occasion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees
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Examples
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The majority of people attending this beanfeast for the BBC are going to be the usual media liggers on a jolly.
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The meat in this beanfeast is supposedly supplied by Gordon Brown.
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Exactly the right tool to have in your bottom drawers in anticipation of the next Major Curry beanfeast?
EXCLUSIVE: Tories Appoint Andy Coulson New Director of Communications 2007
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She is initially intimidated and appalled, but eventually conquers her fear to partake, indeed to star, in the jock beanfeast.
two stories, high 2004
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Some beanfeast or other had got the news — common people!
On Forsyte 'Change 2004
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All those women and children excursion beanfeast burned and drowned in New York.
Ulysses 2003
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If I can rustle up the money to send Mustafa and his mother back to Turkey for a big family beanfeast, could you see your way to providing a medical certificate that will satisfy the school authorities?
Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003
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'This is turning into a party, a beanfeast, and I'm not having it.
The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983
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Wheugh! we _should_ 'ave a regular beanfeast with sockets and air-pipes and traps!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891 Various
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Tossing is not the sort of pastime any fellow would choose for fun, not if he were the party to be tossed, though it is a beanfeast for the onlookers.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales
sionnach commented on the word beanfeast
There's a beanfeast in a package of Beano's.
(Irish candy commercial in the 1960's)
July 5, 2008
yarb commented on the word beanfeast
See also beanfeastish, beanfeastishness, and beanfeastishnesses.
July 5, 2008
qms commented on the word beanfeast
The suffering drones who are seen least
Will say that their boss is a mean beast
But turns a fine fellow
When workers grow mellow
At the annual company beanfeast.
January 5, 2019