principal meal
Example Sentences
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The first consisted of a very few kinds of coarse food,—generally not more than two or three at once,—such as coarse whole-meal bread, rice, potatoes, apples, etc., and was the principal meal.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
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
She was then conducted to her own room, where she was speedily joined by Sir William; and they remained closeted together till summoned to the principal meal of the day.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Breakfast is with but few the principal meal of the day; for those, however, who rise early it is the one taken with the best appetite.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David
We wish to speak now of dinner, the principal meal of the day.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David
