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continental breakfast

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noun
  1. a light breakfast consisting typically of coffee and rolls. Abbreviation: CB

Origin of continental breakfast

First recorded in 1910–15
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British Dictionary definitions for continental breakfast

continental breakfast

noun
  1. a light breakfast of coffee and rolls
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