"Barmecide feast" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From a tale in the Arabian Nights in which a rich man serves a beggar an imaginary banquet; see Barmecide.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Barmecide feasts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Barmecide feast (plural Barmecide feasts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that promises much but delivers nothing; an illusion."
      ],
      "id": "en-Barmecide_feast-en-noun--hcKXDVT",
      "links": [
        [
          "illusion",
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      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "barmecidal"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Arabian Nights",
        "Barmecide"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Barmecide feast"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From a tale in the Arabian Nights in which a rich man serves a beggar an imaginary banquet; see Barmecide.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Barmecide feasts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Barmecide feast (plural Barmecide feasts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "barmecidal"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that promises much but delivers nothing; an illusion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illusion",
          "illusion"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Arabian Nights",
        "Barmecide"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Barmecide feast"
}