midnight feast

noun

An informal meal of various snack foods, eaten at or around midnight, typically arranged and held in secret by children.

Meanings

nounmidnight feast (plural midnight feasts)

plural midnight feasts

  1. UKAn informal meal of various snack foods, eaten at or around midnight, typically arranged and held in secret by children.

    I think we ought to have a midnight feast every term, you know! School doesn't seem really complete without that!

    1944, Enid Blyton, The Second Form at St. Clare's
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