continental breakfast
noun
a light breakfast consisting typically of coffee and rolls. Abbreviation: CB
Origin of continental breakfast
1First recorded in 1910–15
Words Nearby continental breakfast
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How to use continental breakfast in a sentence
My continental breakfast—rolls, butter and coffee—was sent to my room and, for the first time in my life, I ate it in bed.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) | Ida Husted HarperThat breakfast was the exact opposite of a "continental breakfast."
A Daughter of the Middle Border | Hamlin Garland
British Dictionary definitions for continental breakfast
continental breakfast
noun
a light breakfast of coffee and rolls
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