déjeuner à la fourchette

[ dey-zhœ-ney a la foor-shet ]

noun

, French.

, plural dé·jeu·ners à la four·chette [dey-zh, œ, -ney , a, l, a, foo, r, -, shet].

1. a luncheon or light meal, especially one at which eggs, meat, etc., are served.

Word History and Origins

Origin of déjeuner à la fourchette¹

Literally, “lunch with the fork”

Example Sentences

So far, so good, but his déjeuner à la fourchette at eleven or twelve is not always unobjectionable from a hygienic standpoint.

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It had to be addressed by his directions, and was sent to Mr Richard Swinton, just as the great gong, screaming through the corridors of the Ocean House, proclaimed to its guests the hour for déjeuner à la fourchette.

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And Letitia's coffee and roll in bed at nine, her déjeuner à la Fourchette at eleven, your lunch at one, her snack at four, your tea at five—— Ardilaun.

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The American breakfast has, I believe, long been a subject of irony to the foreign observer; but the American breakfast is an ascetic meal compared with the French déjeuner à la fourchette.

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After a sumptuous déjeûner à la fourchette, the whole of the civic dignitaries proceeded to the Guildhall.

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