principal meal

Example Sentences

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The voluptuaries of the Empire bathed not only before the principal meal of the day, but also afterwards to promote digestion as they thought.

From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by Elliott, James Sands

The repast was plain but plentiful, the principal meal, dinner, being at six, an hour more convenient for men of business.

From Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready by Alger, Horatio

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)

Many people rest better at night if their principal meal is taken at the middle of the day.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

He walked rapidly in the direction of Arcadia House, for this was the hour of the principal meal with the Doomsmen, and the streets were entirely deserted.

From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel