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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Breakfast.

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Examples

  • “Did I not tell you,” said Lady Margaret to her principal female attendant — “did I not tell you, Mysie, that it was my especial pleasure on this occasion to have every thing in the precise order wherein it was upon that famous morning when his most sacred majesty partook of his disjune at Tillietudlem?”

    Old Mortality 2004

  • "Did I not tell you," said Lady Margaret to her principal female attendant -- "did I not tell you, Mysie, that it was my especial pleasure on this occasion to have every thing in the precise order wherein it was upon that famous morning when his most sacred majesty partook of his disjune at Tillietudlem?"

    Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

  • "Surely, Colonel Grahame, you will permit him to honour me with his society, and to take his poor disjune here, especially considering, that even his most sacred Majesty did not pass the Tower of Tillietudlem without halting to partake of some refreshment."

    Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

  • King Charles, when he took his disjune at Tillietudlem, was particular in enquiring "--" I see the Duke's carriage in motion, "said Gilbertscleugh, partaking at the moment an alarm common to all Lady Margaret's friends, when she touched upon the topic of the royal visit at the family mansion, --" I see the Duke's carriage in motion; I presume your ladyship will take your right of rank in leaving the field.

    Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "Surely, Colonel Grahame, you will permit him to honour me with his society, and to take his poor disjune here, especially considering, that even his most sacred Majesty did not pass the Tower of Tillietudlem without halting to partake of some refreshment."

    Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • King Charles, when he took his disjune at Tillietudlem, was particular in enquiring "--" I see the Duke's carriage in motion, "said Gilbertscleugh, partaking at the moment an alarm common to all Lady Margaret's friends, when she touched upon the topic of the royal visit at the family mansion, --" I see the Duke's carriage in motion; I presume your ladyship will take your right of rank in leaving the field.

    Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

  • "Did I not tell you," said Lady Margaret to her principal female attendant -- "did I not tell you, Mysie, that it was my especial pleasure on this occasion to have every thing in the precise order wherein it was upon that famous morning when his most sacred majesty partook of his disjune at Tillietudlem?"

    Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • This was his Majesty’s observation, she said, on one remarkable morning when he deigned to take his disjune —”

    Old Mortality 2004

  • Tillietudlem by taking his disjune therein,” etc., etc., etc.

    Old Mortality 2004

  • Colonel Grahame, you will permit him to honour me with his society, and to take his poor disjune here, especially considering, that even his most sacred Majesty did not pass the Tower of Tillietudlem without halting to partake of some refreshment.”

    Old Mortality 2004

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