Thursday, November 23, 2006

HAPPY THANKSGIVING


trencherman \TREN-chuhr-muhn\, noun:
A hearty eater.




Trencherman is from trencher, "a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved" (from Medieval French trencheoir, from Old French trenchier, "to cut," from Latin truncare, "to lop off, to shorten by cutting") + man. It is related to trench, "a hole cut into the ground."


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