principal meal
Example Sentences
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Their principal meal is about five o’clock, upon the return of the mother after her hawking and cadging expeditions.
From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George
During the winter, country people took their principal meal in the evening, the morning and midday hours being the pleasantest for being in the open air.
From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison
It is often difficult to change the hour of taking the principal meal, but in special cases this can be done with decided advantage.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Their principal meal was what they called cœna or supper.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.
Here, too, they ate their meals, with the exception of the principal meal on Sundays, when they all met together in the refectory.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
