principal meal

Example Sentences

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She felt tired, and quite ready for lunch, the principal meal of her day, when the gong sounded.

From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

The principal meal of the day had been devoured, and Mrs Bathurst's guests had been sent hungry away.

From The Pagan's Cup by Hume, Fergus

You sit down to the principal meal of the day in the dining car at say six o'clock.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry

We wish to speak now of dinner, the principal meal of the day.

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