principal meal

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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

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

Dinner was then, as now, the principal meal of the English day.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various

Their principal meal of the day before was taken between six and seven o'clock.

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

The airing should be taken in the middle of the day, when the weather is temperate, or before the principal meal.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849