petit déjeuner
Americannoun
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We alighted at the hotel and ordered our three rooms; coffee and roll to be taken up to madame; we men would eat our petit déjeuner downstairs.
From Jaffery by Locke, William John
"If I skip afternoon tea, and dinner, and supper, and petit déjeuner, and have two breakfasts running," he exclaimed brightly, "I shall begin fair again."
From Septimus by Locke, William John
Peter and Langton would have their war-time apology for petit déjeuner in bed or alone.
From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert
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