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festin
[< Cdn F < F < Ital. festino feast]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a feast, especially one of large proportions.
Quotations
1869
When we arrived at Peel's River we gave the dogs a festin, [and] ate two suppers ourselves. . . .
1893
We could have a festin à tout manger, once a week, and still have plenty to last until spring. // A festin à tout manger, it may be explained, is a very popular institution among the Indians. The literal meaning of the term is a feast at which everything must be eaten up. . . .
1896
The wedding "festin" reduced one or two families to the point of starvation, but at New-year the whole settlement became bankrupt.