Lick-box
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A gourmand; a glutton. obsolete
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From lick + box. Possibly a calque of French liche-casse.
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