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smorgasbord|ˈsmɔəgəsˌbɔəd|
Also ‖ smörgåsbord, erron. smörgosbrod, etc.
[a. Sw., f. smörgås (slice of) bread and butter (f. smör butter, cogn. w. smear n. + gås goose, lump of butter) + bord board n., table: cf. smørrebrød.]
1. The Swedish hors d'œuvres, typically comprising a cold table of open sandwiches served with an assortment of delicacies; also provided as a separate meal or buffet.
1893Figaro (Chicago) 26 Jan. 345/1 In every house⁓hold..before sitting down to dinner an appetizer, or smörgos-brod, is partaken of. 1895Baedeker's Norway, Sweden & Denmark p. xxiii, The Smörgåsbord or Brännvinsbord, where various relishes, bread-and-butter, and liqueurs are served by way of stimulant to the appetite, is peculiar to Sweden. 1926Ladies' Home Jrnl. Nov. 150/2 The ‘Smorgesbord’, or bountifully supplied relish table, is a Scandinavian institution, though it is said the custom originated in ancient Russia. 1936Discovery Apr. 109/2 Meals, which begin with the smörgåsbord, as in Sweden, are..excellent and cheap. 1948‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair i. 17 ‘Sandwiches without tops’ the girl called them. ‘Smorgasbord’. 1959Good Food Guide 1959–60 314 The first level offers a Swedish—Swedish, not Danish, because hot hors d'œuvres are included—smorgasbord at 8/6. 1968[see chuck waggon]. 1975D. Ramsay Descent into Dark ii. 66 The smorgasbord restaurant Joyce had been fond of. 1978New York 3 Apr. 19 (Advt.), Wine & Dine! Gourmet menu. Smorgasbord..2 bars. Duty-free prices.
2. fig. A medley, miscellany; a rich variety or selection.
1948Menjou & Musselman It took Nine Tailors xxii. 176 Instead the studio offered me the lead in a piece of smörgåsbord called The Sorrows of Satan, a novel by Marie Corelli. 1961Encounter Apr. 56/2 The messy smörgasbord of his hysterical whimsical ideas. 1969T. E. B. Howarth Culture, Anarchy & Public Schools iii. 55 The smorgasbord system is a form of shorthand to describe the multiplicity of optional ‘subjects’ pupils in American high schools elect to study. 1978M. Puzo Fools Die xii. 129 Everyday Magazines..was a group of publications that drowned the American public with information, pseudoinformation, sex and pseudosex... A real smorgasbord. |