lick-box

English

Etymology

From lick +‎ box. Possibly a Calque of French liche-casse.

Noun

lick-box (plural lick-boxes)

1. (obsolete) A gourmand; a glutton.
   • 1738 [1534], Ozell, John, transl., chapter XXX, in The Works of Francis Rabelais, volume 2, translation of Gargantua by Rabelais, François, page 181:

     Their Eſtate and Condition of living is but only changed after a very ſtrange manner […] Achilles, a ſcald-pated Maker of Hay-bundles;¶ Agamemnon, a Lick-box.¶ Ulysses, a Hay-mower.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:glutton