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repast
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synonyms: refection, collation, pendigestatory interludicule ???
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Definition:a meal
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She had ordered, too, a rare repast for a lady that heeded so little what she ate—jellies, game-pasties, fruits in syrup, spiced cakes and a flagon of Greek wine;
Edith Wharton. Crucial Instances: The Duchess at Prayer (1901)
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And, like the kind life-rendering pelican,
Repast them with my blood.
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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I saw a universal manifestation of discontent when the fumes of the repast met the nostrils of those destined to swallow it;
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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On this festival, the servants drive a herd of Yahoos into the field, laden with hay, and oats, and milk, for a repast to the Houyhnhnms;
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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thus being suppertime they all sat down, Lucilla well pleased, no man better content than Euphues, who after his repast having no opportunity to confer with his lover,
John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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There was a very liberal repast on the tables, plenty of champagne, claret, etc., and, in fact, everything seemed to be done regardless of expense.
George and Weedon Grossmith. The Diary of a Nobody (1882)
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