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English breakfast
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noun
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
Words nearby English breakfast
Engle, Engler degrees, Englewood, English, English bond, English breakfast, English Canadian, English Channel, English Civil War, English cocker spaniel, English cross bond
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How to use English breakfast in a sentence
English Breakfast Tea is known as such only in America, and is a blend of black teas.
Foods and Household Management|Helen KinneBut here he had to choose intelligently among orange pekoe, oolong, Ceylon, and English-breakfast teas.
The Innocents|Sinclair LewisNever boil any tea but English-breakfast tea; for all others, simple steeping gives the drink in perfection.
The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking|Helen Campbell