"midnight feast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: midnight feasts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} midnight feast (plural midnight feasts)
  1. (British) An informal meal of various snack foods, eaten at or around midnight, typically arranged and held in secret by children. Tags: British Related terms: midnight snack
    Sense id: en-midnight_feast-en-noun--6MnWGPR Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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