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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by arthurcolle on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:43PM (#19098236)
Does trenchers in this context mean that its a 'slice' of bread, from the French, une tranche?
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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by robin_reala on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:59PM (#19099210)
Yes, according to wiktionary at least:

From Anglo-Norman trenchour, from Old Northern French trencheor (French tranchoir), from trenchier (“to cut, to carve”).

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Re:There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord ... by arthurcolle on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:52PM (#19118556)
nice

i knew it

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