déjeuner

Definition

The French midday meal.

Etymology

From French déjeuner.

Example Sentences

• "The déjeuner and the villa fête, the water party and the rambling ride, followed each other with the bright rapidity of the final scenes in a Pantomime."
• "She had a certain price, from which no earthly consideration would induce her to depart; and certain returns for this price in the shape of déjeuners and dinners, baths and beds, which she never failed to give in accordance with the dictates of a strict conscience. These were traits in the character of an hotel-keeper which cannot be praised too highly, and which had met their due reward in the custom of the public."
• "The charges at the Inns along the road are generally, bed 2 fr. [francs], café-au-lait 1 fr., déjeuner and dinner 3 to 4 fr. each."