déjeuner à la fourchette

American  

[dey-zhœ-ney a la foor-shet] / deɪ ʒœ neɪ a la furˈʃɛt /

noun

French.

• déjeuners à la fourchette
  plural

1. a luncheon or light meal, especially one at which eggs, meat, etc., are served.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• déjeuners à la fourchette
  plural

Etymology

Origin of déjeuner à la fourchette

Literally, “lunch with the fork”

Example Sentences

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déjeuner à la fourchette

Yesterday Paddy Green, Esq. gave a grand déjeuner à la fourchette to a distinguished party of friends, at his house in Vere-street.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 by Various

At present, it strikes me that the lady of the lawn is getting to be impatient, and the déjeuner à la fourchette, that I have had the precaution to order, is probably waiting our appearance.

From Home as Found by James Fenimore Cooper

So far, so good, but his déjeuner à la fourchette at eleven or twelve is not always unobjectionable from a hygienic standpoint.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

We alighted to take a déjeuner à la fourchette at Puzzuoli, and then went to visit the temple of Jupiter Serapis, which is a vast edifice and tho' in ruins very imposing.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye

A long morning at the Louvre prevented my reaching home till one p.m., when the déjeuner à la fourchette was half way through its course.

From Seen and Unseen by E. Katharine Bates