smorgasbordn.
/ˈsmɔːɡəsˌbɔːd/ 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.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > hors d'oeuvres dishes > [noun]
smorgasbord1879
zakuska1885
cocktail1896
meze1904
party mix1925
pupu1950
tapénade1952
tapas1953
relish1954
pincho1966
1879 Baedeker's Norway & Sweden p. xxv The Smörgåsbord or Brännvinsbord, where relishes of various kinds, bread-and-butter, and..liqueurs are served by way of stimulant to the appetite, is..peculiar to Sweden.
1893 Figaro (Chicago) 26 Jan. 345/1 In every house~hold..before sitting down to dinner an appetizer, or smörgos-brod, is partaken of.
1926 Ladies' 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.
1936 Discovery 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’.
1959 Good 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 G. de Fraga Murder at Cookout xxiii. 106 You know how it is—at a chuck-wagon or a smorgasbord, where guests are expected to help themselves.
1975 D. Ramsay Descent into Dark ii. 66 The smorgasbord restaurant Joyce had been fond of.
1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 19 (advt.) Wine & Dine! Gourmet menu. Smorgasbord..2 bars. Duty-free prices.
2. figurative. A medley, miscellany; a rich variety or selection.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a variety or varied assemblage
variety1553
heterogeny1838
ark-full1851
montage1934
smorgasbord1948
masala1970
1948 A. Menjou & M. M. 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.
1961 Encounter Apr. 56/2 The messy smörgasbord of his hysterical whimsical ideas.
1969 T. 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.
1978 M. 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.
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