smörgåsbord

plural smörgåsbords

1. alternativeAlternative form of smorgasbord.

   Swedes are known to eat smörgåsbords.[…]Smörgåsbords are placed on a table.

   2015, Julie Murray, “Life in Sweden”, in Sweden (Explore the Countries), Minneapolis, Minn.: Big Buddy Books, Abdo Publishing, →ISBN, pages 26–27

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   “ … Of course, we have nothing to equal your wonderful smörgåsbords here in England. Food is scarce, except for the army which provides bountiously. Speaking of smörgåsbord reminds me that we have not had a songfest for ages.[…]”

   1944, Bulletin of the American Institute of Swedish Arts, Literature, and Science

   Swedish smörgåsbords, Italian spaghetti with Chianti and garlic Vienna bread, Wiener Schnitzel. It all depends upon where one goes to eat.

   1958, John J. Murray, editor, The Heritage of the Middle West, Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, page 19

   […]which stands out more – the wooden sculptures and verdant garden or the fresh oysters and piled-up smörgåsbords, which go down great with a sampler of ice-cold vodka and aquavit shots.

   2004, Buenos Aires, 2nd edition, Time Out; Penguin Travel, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 113, column 1

   There’s a story about Paula Yates bumping into Diana, Princess of Wales that Yates’s friend Belinda Brewin recollects in the documentary Paula this week. The People’s Princess turned to Little Miss Hypocrite (I’m selecting two of their tabloid epithets from a smörgåsbord) and said: “I love it when you’re on the front page of the papers because it means I’ve got the day off.”

   2023 March 15, Zoe Williams, “It’s a good time to think again about Paula Yates. She was the other Diana: hounded by the press for being herself”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023