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Smell-Feast

Smell-Feast

Definition: one given to finding out and getting invited to good feasts.

The smell-feast is a distinctive kind of sponger; not one who imposes on friends for lodging and money, but rather focuses their efforts on being invited to dinner. We have all of us known a smell-feast, even if we lacked the word with which to describe this particular creature.

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