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Definition of Breakfaster
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breakfaster
Literary usage of Breakfaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Secrets of Specialists by Alfred Dale Covey (1903)
"She became a good breakfaster. On the ist of August she was doing all her own
housework, the first time in three years. "Case IV.—Miss C., age 30, ..."
2. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"... whose loss has threatened the breakfaster with ruin. Sometimes what has seemed
no more than an odd mystery proves the preliminary to a crime perpetrated ..."
3. The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith: Including His Contributions to the by Sydney Smith (1859)
"... my dear vicar," said the Duke, " but I must say as much surprised as delighted."
— "Oh, don't you know what has happened?" said the sacred breakfaster ..."
4. The Life and Times of Samuel Bowles by George Spring Merriam (1885)
"... and to write about them in English which will keep the breakfaster for five
minutes from his coffee and his rolls. Does anybody suppose that this is ..."
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