Definition of Trenchermen

1. Noun. (plural of trencherman) ¹

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Definition of Trenchermen

1. trencherman [n] - See also: trencherman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trenchermen

trenchancy
trenchand
trenchant
trenchantly
trenchantness
trenchcoat
trenchcoated
trenchcoats
trenched
trencher
trencherful
trencherfuls
trencherlike
trencherman
trenchermanship
trenchermen (current term)
trenchers
trenches
trenchful
trenchfuls
trenching
trenching spade
trenchless
trenchlike
trenchmore
trenchmores
trenchwork
trenchworks
trend
trend-setter

Literary usage of Trenchermen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York of the Novelists by Arthur Bartlett Maurice (1917)
"... The Inns of Fiction—Mine Host of Yesterday—The trenchermen Beyond the Magic Door—A Little Dinner in the Land of Make Believe. ..."

2. A Literary Source-book of the German Renaissance by Merrick Whitcomb (1899)
"The guests did not keep us waiting, but set themselves to the table and showed themselves valiant trenchermen. The student took no heed of what might become ..."

3. The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with by Ida Pfeiffer, Henry William Dulcken (1861)
"With regard to the performances of the people of Madagascar as trenchermen, I have been told that four natives can eat up an ox in a space of twenty-four ..."

4. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"... a huge basket of fresh-caught carp—for the morrow was Friday, and there were fifty platters to be filled and as many sturdy trenchermen behind them. ..."

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