refreshment

Normally of good balance, I found myself reaching for the handrail, unable to clasp it for the refreshments in my hands.
San Fran Kisses Its 70,000-Person Toilet Goodbye|Jon Rochmis|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just as she was going out to offer refreshments, another visitor arrived.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
The Bois l'Herys, in consequence, are well-informed with regard to the houses that provide refreshments.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet
We had sandwiches and chicken salad and olives and three kinds of cake and ice cream for refreshments.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

There were innumerable little advantages and refreshments to our worn and wasted spirits in the walk of which we were deprived.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
About eleven o'clock some refreshments are offered, but few take any, except a little wine and water and candied sugar.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3)|Elliott Coues

British Dictionary definitions for refreshment

refreshment

/ (rɪˈfrɛʃmənt) /

noun

the act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed

(plural) snacks and drinks served as a light meal

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