petit déjeuner
Americannoun
plural
petits déjeunersExample Sentences
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I think the petit déjeuner at a crêmerie is one of the most daintily served meals in France.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John
It is the petit déjeuner of her lord.
From Kimono by Paris, John
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
She had eaten nothing since the petit déjeuner of the morning, and she was faint with hunger.
From The Magician by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
"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
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