breakfast of champions

Main Entry:  breakfast of champions
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  coffee and a cigarette upon waking
Etymology:  punning Wheaties (trademark), the Breakfast of Champions
Usage:  slang
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Breakfast of champions is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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breakfast of champions definition


  1. n.
    a first alcoholic drink of the day, taken in the morning, instead of breakfast. (Collegiate.) : He calls it the breakfast of champions. I call it a bad sign of something out of hand.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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