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

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

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

The refreshments are given in the form of a déjeuner à la fourchette.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge

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

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