bean-feastn.

Etymology: < bean n. + feast n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbean-feast.

a. An annual dinner given by employers to their work-people. Also, (colloquial) any festive occasion.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun]

festivityc1410

rejoicingc1475

festivala1500

gaudy1535

show of misrule1555

gaudc1571

wake1577

festal1581

jubilee1589

gaudy-nighta1616

gala night1762

bridewain1789

gala1800

bean-feast1805

holinighta1821

let-off1827

glorification1843

pesta1964

the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions

plough feast1355

king ale1472

natal1484

primifeste1551

mayor's feast1578

sheep-shearing feast1586

sheep-shearing1611

christening1617

bean-feast1805

updrinking1819

Thanksgiving dinner1830

bump supper1845

potlatch1858

stag1904

rehearsal dinner1906

1805 Sporting Mag. 26 304/2 At a late bean feast, a Gentleman Taylor, celebrated for his liberality, gave a rich treat to his men, at his occasional country residence. It was called a Bean Feast; but, exclusive of the beans, the table literally groaned with bacon [etc.].

1875 W. T. Vincent Warlike Woolwich 49 The holiday on the second Saturday in July, which is a special and extra holiday, known as ‘Bean~feast day’, and is usually spent in excursions to some country place and a dinner, at which beans form an indispensable dish.

1882 Printing Times Feb. 26/2 A beanfeast dinner served up at a country inn.

1884 Bath Jrnl. 26 July 6/1 The annual grant of £20 for their bean feast.

1897 Daily News 23 Sept. 8/5 A beanfeast party from Woolwich.

1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxviii. 372 Carriages were chartered, an enormous quantity of eatables and drinkables provided, and away we went, a regular wayzgoose or bean-feast party.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xxv. 250 The day was for the Empire-makers... To-night is the bean-feast of the ‘hands’, of the myriads in collar.

1906 W. J. Locke Beloved Vagabond iii He..alluded to ‘the regular beanfeast’ they would have when they were married.

1922 C. Sidgwick Victorian xxix ‘Won't life be a beanfeast?’ she said. ‘We shall enjoy ourselves.’

Derivatives

bean-feaster n.

ΚΠ

1884 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 621 For the delectation of the bold beanfeasters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	bean-feast
释义	bean-feastn. Etymology: < bean n. + feast n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbean-feast. a. An annual dinner given by employers to their work-people. Also, (colloquial) any festive occasion. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] festivityc1410 rejoicingc1475 festivala1500 gaudy1535 show of misrule1555 gaudc1571 wake1577 festal1581 jubilee1589 gaudy-nighta1616 gala night1762 bridewain1789 gala1800 bean-feast1805 holinighta1821 let-off1827 glorification1843 pesta1964 the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feasts for other occasions plough feast1355 king ale1472 natal1484 primifeste1551 mayor's feast1578 sheep-shearing feast1586 sheep-shearing1611 christening1617 bean-feast1805 updrinking1819 Thanksgiving dinner1830 bump supper1845 potlatch1858 stag1904 rehearsal dinner1906 1805 Sporting Mag. 26 304/2 At a late bean feast, a Gentleman Taylor, celebrated for his liberality, gave a rich treat to his men, at his occasional country residence. It was called a Bean Feast; but, exclusive of the beans, the table literally groaned with bacon [etc.]. 1875 W. T. Vincent Warlike Woolwich 49 The holiday on the second Saturday in July, which is a special and extra holiday, known as ‘Bean~feast day’, and is usually spent in excursions to some country place and a dinner, at which beans form an indispensable dish. 1882 Printing Times Feb. 26/2 A beanfeast dinner served up at a country inn. 1884 Bath Jrnl. 26 July 6/1 The annual grant of £20 for their bean feast. 1897 Daily News 23 Sept. 8/5 A beanfeast party from Woolwich. 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxviii. 372 Carriages were chartered, an enormous quantity of eatables and drinkables provided, and away we went, a regular wayzgoose or bean-feast party. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xxv. 250 The day was for the Empire-makers... To-night is the bean-feast of the ‘hands’, of the myriads in collar. 1906 W. J. Locke Beloved Vagabond iii He..alluded to ‘the regular beanfeast’ they would have when they were married. 1922 C. Sidgwick Victorian xxix ‘Won't life be a beanfeast?’ she said. ‘We shall enjoy ourselves.’ Derivatives bean-feaster n. ΚΠ 1884 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 621 For the delectation of the bold beanfeasters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1805
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