principal meal

Example Sentences

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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

In the first place, the principal meal, and the only one which required much preparation, was in the middle of the day.

From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison

“Hullo!” he cried, as soon as he came into the kitchen-parlour, where the principal meal of the day was invariably partaken of, “I’ve got some news for you.”

From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham

The principal meal of the day had been devoured, and Mrs Bathurst's guests had been sent hungry away.

From The Pagan's Cup by Hume, Fergus

You sit down to the principal meal of the day in the dining car at say six o'clock.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry