principal meal
Example Sentences
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You'll have to have a good luncheon of course, but we'll have our principal meal when you get back from work at night.
From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William
His principal meal is supper, which is taken after the prayers of sunset.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
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
Others have their principal meal in the middle of the day, and have a light supper.
From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo
The canoes are moored by strong piassaba ropes in some recess of the bank, where they are protected against drifting trunks; the tents are erected, and preparations ensue for the principal meal.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various
