beanfeast

[ been-feest ]

nounChiefly British Slang.

(formerly) an annual dinner or party given by an employer for employees.
a celebration or festive occasion, especially when a meal is provided.

Origin of beanfeast

First recorded in 1795–1805; bean + feast

Also bean·fest [been-fest]. /ˈbinˌfɛst/.

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How to use beanfeast in a sentence

If I purchase my own coffee-beans and grind them, can my breakfast be properly termed a bean-feast?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 26 1890 | Various
Another common object of the country-side was the scotale, which was a kind of bean-feast.
Medival Byways | Louis F. Salzmann
Yes, said Pryce, grimly, your people seem to have left you out of this bean-feast.
The Exiles of Faloo | Barry Pain
The bean feast is an important one, as, until it is held, no one is allowed to gather any beans.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar Thurston
"It's wery likely some fire company's men marching to a bean-feast, or a freemason's funeral obscenities," replied the alderman.
The English Spy | Bernard Blackmantle

British Dictionary definitions for beanfeast

beanfeast

/ (ˈbiːnˌfiːst) /

nounBritish informal

an annual dinner given by employers to employees
any festive or merry occasion

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