déjeuner à la fourchette

American  

[day-zhœ-nay 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

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Etymology

Origin of déjeuner à la fourchette

Literally, “lunch with the fork”

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Example Sentences

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déjeuner à la fourchette

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

This fatiguing work being at last finished, I returned to the house, where I took a good déjeuner à la fourchette in company with the priest, and then set out with my black guide.

From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Ida Pfeiffer

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

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

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

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