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

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 American breakfast has, I believe, long been a subject of irony to the foreign observer; but the American breakfast is an ascetic meal compared with the French déjeuner à la fourchette.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 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

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