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English breakfast

noun

  1. a hearty breakfast typically including eggs, bacon or ham, toast, and tea or coffee.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of English breakfast1

First recorded in 1800–10

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Example Sentences

English Breakfast Tea is known as such only in America, and is a blend of black teas.

But here he had to choose intelligently among orange pekoe, oolong, Ceylon, and English-breakfast teas.

Never boil any tea but English-breakfast tea; for all others, simple steeping gives the drink in perfection.

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