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Definition of Breakfasting
1. breakfast [v] - See also: breakfast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breakfasting
Literary usage of Breakfasting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Around & about South America: Apéndice al folleto los treinta y tres by Luis Melián Lafinur, Frank Vincent (1897)
"... V. Breakfasting Df AN ACTIVE VOLCANO. THE residence of the English minister,
situated upon the outskirts of the city, I found a pleasant retreat. ..."
2. A Life of Washington by James Kirke Paulding (1842)
"... Washington—Old Jeremy—His Conversations —Sketch of Mount Vernon—Division of
Washington's Time —Hours of rising, retiring to rest, breakfasting, dining, ..."
3. A Life of Washington by James Kirke Paulding (1835)
"... retiring to rest, breakfasting, dining, &c.— His Temperance—Kindness to his
Relatives residing at Mount Vernon—Discipline of his Servants—Extracts from ..."
4. In the Lena Delta: A Narrative of the Search for Lieut.-Commander De Long by George Wallace Melville (1885)
"A Bone Cache. — River Bergs. — Seeking Refuge in the Snow. — Breakfasting on
Putrid Deer Bones. WE set out in a tempest of snow, laying our course for ..."
5. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"... Sir Hugh Myddelton " Tavern—A Sadler's Wells Theatrical Company—Spencer's
Breakfasting House —George Alexander Stevens' Lectures on Heads. ..."
6. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"... The BLUE Breakfasting ROOM contains several exquisite miniatures of the Digby
family, by ISAAC and PETER OLIVER, and others by PETITOT, &c. ..."