Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A parasite. Also
lick-sauce .
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Examples
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Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, defines “friand” as “a sweet-lips, picke-morsell, curious feeder, lickourous companion, daintie-mouthed fellow; an eat-well, slap-sauce, lick-dish.”
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, defines “friand” as “a sweet-lips, picke-morsell, curious feeder, lickourous companion, daintie-mouthed fellow; an eat-well, slap-sauce, lick-dish.”
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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