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wedding breakfast

British  

noun

  1. the meal usually served after a wedding ceremony or just before the bride and bridegroom leave for their honeymoon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She ranted: "Where you going to have the wedding reception? On the log flumes? And what's on the menu for the wedding breakfast? Hot dogs and candy floss?"

From BBC Dec. 20, 2024

Of all their memories of that special day, one stands out: the unrelenting attack of hiccups that struck the groom during their wedding breakfast.

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2021

Does anyone have a sit-down wedding breakfast anymore?

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2016

The piece of fruitcake, packaged in the original white and silver presentation box, was served at a wedding breakfast reception for 120 guests at Buckingham Palace.

From Reuters Dec. 17, 2015

During the wedding breakfast, Mother Fox, dead more than seven years, showed up in spirit to speak to her new son-in-law, “expressing her approval of the marriage.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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