All 3 Uses of
forfeit
in
A Christmas Carol
- There were more dances, and there were forfeits, and more dances, and there was cake, and there was negus, and there was a great piece of Cold Roast, and there was a great piece of Cold Boiled, and there were mince-pies, and plenty of beer.†
Chpt 2 *
- After a while they played at forfeits; for it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.†
Chpt 3
- But she joined in the forfeits, and loved her love to admiration with all the letters of the alphabet.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(forfeit) to lose or surrender something -- often as a penalty