principal meal

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In the first place, the principal meal, and the only one which required much preparation, was in the middle of the day.

From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison

Breakfast is with but few the principal meal of the day; for those, however, who rise early it is the one taken with the best appetite.

From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David

Dinner was then, as now, the principal meal of the English day.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various

She was then conducted to her own room, where she was speedily joined by Sir William; and they remained closeted together till summoned to the principal meal of the day.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

The canoes are moored by strong piassaba ropes in some recess of the bank, where they are protected against drifting trunks; the tents are erected, and preparations ensue for the principal meal.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various