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noun
a light breakfast consisting typically of coffee and rolls. Abbreviation: CB
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Origin of continental breakfast
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby continental breakfast
contin., continence, continent, continental, Continental Army, continental breakfast, Continental Celtic, continental climate, continental code, Continental Congress, continental crust
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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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