trencher : Idioms & Phrases

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Trencher cap

  • the cap worn by studens at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc.
Webster 1913

Trencher fly

  • a person who haunts the tables of others; a parasite. R. L'Estrange.
Webster 1913

Trencher friend

  • one who frequents the tables of others; a sponger.
Webster 1913

Trencher mate

  • a table companion; a parasite; a trencher fly. Hooker.
Webster 1913

trencher-man

Trench"er-man noun
Wordforms
plural Trencher-men
Definitions
  1. A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. Shak.
  2. A cook. Obs.
    The skillfulest trencher-men of Media. Sir P. Sidney.
  3. A table companion; a trencher mate. Thackeray.
Webster 1913