petit déjeuner

[ puh-tee dey-zhœ-ney ]

noun

, French.

, plural pe·tits dé·jeu·ners [p, uh, -tee dey-zh, œ, -, ney].

1. breakfast.

Example Sentences

On Friday, September 29th, we left Grenoble and stopped at Voiron and were here treated, at 9:30 A. M., with a "petit dejeuner".

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Though the rent and the cleaning by the concierge would come to a little more, they would save on the petit dejeuner, which they could make themselves.

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After her petit dejeuner she had paced the tent, unable to sit still, dreading lest any moment might bring the return of the Sheik and frustrate her hopes.

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Eight hours later Dawson came down to breakfast and found that Froissart, satisfied with his petit dejeuner of coffee and rolls, had already gone out.

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Dauvray's habit to take her luncheon and her dinner at the restaurants, and her maid was all that she required to get ready her 'petit dejeuner' in the morning and her 'sirop' at night.

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