trencher-man

trencher-man is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A cook. [Obs.] The skillfulest trencher-men of Media. Sir P. Sidney.
  2. 2.A table companion; a trencher mate. Thackeray.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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