principal meal
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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
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
This is the principal meal of the day, and, occupying often two or three hours, it is made not merely an epicurean feast, but also an intellectual and social banquet.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
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
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
