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déjeuner

[ dey-zhœ-ney; English dey-zhuh-ney, dey-zhuh-ney ]

noun

, French.
, plural dé·jeu·ners [dey-zh, œ, -, ney, dey, -zh, uh, -neyz, dey-zh, uh, -, neyz].
  1. lunch; luncheon.


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Example Sentences

But before thinking of déjeuner or anything else she had to see about Raft.

Here,” said he to the sea lion, “will you take your seat and déjeuner will be served to you.

It served me for a second meal, a breakfast; but at this déjeuner sans fourchette I picked the bones.

Reduce him to calmness, and to two languages, with a few words from a third thrown in occasionally, and demand déjeuner.

I dressed slowly, lingered leisurely over my luncheon-déjeuner, and then ordered a carriage, a comfortable landau and pair.

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