repast

• “Hot chocolate, a popular accompaniment to la merienda, a light evening repast, is traditionally whipped until frothy with a molinillo, a ringed wooden beater invented by the Aztecs.”

  Did You Know? - Mexico Gave Chocolate To The World

• “A typical regional repast is set out in assorted clay pots.”

  Mexico conjures spirits with picturesque ofrendas

• “On taking this, the guest places the knife and spoon at the right side, and the fork at the left, and spreads the doily at the left, placing the finger-bowl upon it, and when the repast is finished, he dips his fingers quietly into the bowl and dries them upon his napkin.”

  A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding

• “Only the centre piece for the repast was to be the newborn's placenta.”

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• “The Duke breakfasted at nine and the repast was a very simple one.”

  The Duke's Children

• “Their repast was a pretty long one; and these several interruptions rendered it impossible for them to hope to reach Rotherwood without travelling all night, a conviction which induced them to proceed on their way at a more hasty pace than they had hitherto used.”

  Ivanhoe

• “La Motte returned frequently to the trap door, to listen if any body was in the abbey; but no sound disturbed the stillness of night; at length they sat down to supper; the repast was a melancholy one.”

  The Romance of the Forest

• “    The second reason that others might forego the repast was the thick slime dripping from the frog creature's webbed hands.”

  Odyssey

• “The second reason that others might forego the repast was the thick slime dripping from the frog creature's webbed hands.”

  Odyssey

• “With only moments to spare before taking their places in the receiving line, they fortified themselves with what Capote called a repast of "bird and bottle.”

  A Night to Remember

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