English breakfast
- a hearty breakfast typically including eggs, bacon or ham, toast, and tea or coffee.
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Origin of English breakfast
First recorded in 1800–10
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Examples from the Web for english breakfast
Historical Examples
Never boil any tea but English-breakfast tea; for all others, simple steeping gives the drink in perfection.
The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and CookingHelen Campbell
But here he had to choose intelligently among orange pekoe, oolong, Ceylon, and English-breakfast teas.
The InnocentsSinclair Lewis