Meanings
- no pluralrareA gift given to placate someone, especially a spouse, who is angry at the giver.
Without Drachenfutter the divorce rate would be far higher than it is now! :)
1998 September 27, Rich G., “ok”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet)2 more examples
Invest in some Drachenfutter* as well, then. . . . *You'll know the principle even if you don't know the term. It's 'dragon fodder', what errant German husbands give their wives when they've been up to something she'll disapprove of.
2005 April 16, Roger Whitehead, uk.rec.photo.misc (Usenet)From what she had heard of relations between the Propaganda Minister and his wife over the past summer, Magda must have received Drachenfutter by the kilo, but it was having little effect.
2014, Jane Thynne, A War of Flowers, →ISBN
Origin
- GermanDrachenfutter“dragon fodder”
- EnglishDrachenfutter
Borrowed from German Drachenfutter (“dragon fodder”).
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