lick-box en · NOUN
Etymology
From lick + box. Possibly a calque of French liche-casse.
Meanings
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(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.
1738 [1534], Ozell, John, transl., chapter XXX, in The Works of Francis Rabelais, volume 2, translation of Gargantua by Rabelais, François, page 181:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lick-boxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |