Meaning of bachelor's fare | Babel Free

Definitions

A simple meal that requires no cooking, such as bread and cheese.

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Examples

“Lady Anſw[erall]. Colonel, ſome Ladies of your Acquaintance have⟳ promis'd to breakfast with you, and I am to wait⟳ on them; what will you give⟳ us? / Col[onel Atwit]. Why, faith, Madam, Batchelors Fare; Bread and Cheeſe, and Kiſſes. / Lady Anſw. Poh! what have⟳ you Batchelors to do with your Money, but to treat⟳ the Ladies? you have⟳ nothing to keep⟳ but your own⟳ Four Quarters.”

“Tho' his house ben't so nice, he is sure to be neat, / And the ladies are always well pleas'd with his treat⟳. / By the ſmack of their lips they at parting declare⟳, / How delicious a feaſt they think⟳ bachelor's fare.”

“The villain of a pedlar saw⟳ his discourse was attentively heard, and flattered himself with the hopes of a supper and night's lodging; he was not deceived, for the parson was so well pleased with his conversation, that he insisted on his staying and partaking of batchelor's fare, bread and cheese, and mild ale; the latter he supplied his guest with so immoderately that he was obliged to convey him to his apartment.”

“Stacy, my housekeeper, is in great fear that she is not up to the entertainment of so grand a party as I purpose to have⟳ at Midsummer; but I tell⟳ her that bachelor's fare is bread and cheese, and all beyond is more than you have⟳ any right to expect⟳. It is very likely you may have⟳ a bit of bacon into the bargain; but I know⟳ you do not mind⟳ eating, my dear.”

“Neither batchelor's fare, nor lodging-house dinners have⟳ any attraction in his esteem; nor is he a convert to the cold-meat and pic-nic school;—no, no!—to please⟳ his palate, there must be a regularly-built, smoking, well-sustaining table.”

“"We'll buy⟳ a nice bit o' fish⟳," he said, "and a goose, to add⟳ to my bachelor's fare, and be happy as the day is long.[…]"”

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