English breakfast

noun

a hearty breakfast typically including eggs, bacon or ham, toast, and tea or coffee.

Compare continental breakfast.

Origin of English breakfast

First recorded in 1800–10

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Historical Examples of english breakfast

Never 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
But here he had to choose intelligently among orange pekoe, oolong, Ceylon, and English-breakfast teas.
The Innocents
Sinclair Lewis