déjeuner
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Finally, back in Paris, she paints an all-female déjeuner sur l’herbe, in which all the picnickers are Ringgold’s family and friends.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
French Open announces new schedule of matches that will not interfere with le déjeuner or le dîner.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2017
This show includes “Nana,” “Le balcon” and “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe,” among other paintings, and examines how the seemingly innocuous gaze of Manet’s subjects signaled a radical turn for art.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2016
As for Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, that riddle of a picnic with its inexplicable nude, exhibit A in any standard version of modernist art, its reception was the very caricature of a Paris scandal.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2011
Passing on our way what we thought would be a charming spot for our déjeuner, we left our servant Francis there with our hamper.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham
This was excellent as a distraction for his mind, but since it occasionally led him into three déjeuners and two dinners, rather bad, we feared, for other parts of him.
From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
I keep to the old hours; I do not care for your English déjeuners at one o'clock.
From Studies in love and in terror by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
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