petit dejeuner

Example Sentences

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"If I skip afternoon tea, and dinner, and supper, and petit déjeuner, and have two breakfasts running," he exclaimed brightly, "I shall begin fair again."

From Septimus by Locke, William John

We alighted at the hotel and ordered our three rooms; coffee and roll to be taken up to madame; we men would eat our petit déjeuner downstairs.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

Peter and Langton would have their war-time apology for petit déjeuner in bed or alone.

From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert

She had eaten nothing since the petit déjeuner of the morning, and she was faint with hunger.

From The Magician by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

I think the petit déjeuner at a crêmerie is one of the most daintily served meals in France.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John