dejeuner

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of déjeuner.

   “On a sudden, it seemed that a thousand bugles broke the blue air, and they were summoned to a dejeuner in four crimson tents, worthy of Sardanapalus.”

   “After going round the garden we returned to the house, where we found a dejeuner set out in the drawing-room, consisting of caviare, cheese, &c., and, of course, liqueurs.”

   “Then at 9:30 we had dejeuner, which means a regular dinner.”

   “After the service the wedding party drove to Government House Cottage, the residence of the bride’s parents, where the dejeuner was served, and in the afternoon the happy pair left for Melbourne for their honeymoon, the bride travelling in a dress of navy blue serge with jacket to match, and a blue hat ornamented with “Guards-red” birds.”

   “Arrived at Monte Carlo we had dejeuner at Hotel des Londres, and at once went through the gardens, to the Casino grounds.”

verb

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of déjeuner.

   “He wants the frankness (now) of manner which alone could carry a man in his position through an hour’s dejeunering with squab citymen who had no notion of what it would be proper to say to him.”

   “As during my stay at Phalsburg I have been dejeunering and dining with the German commandant and officers, the contrast between their mode of thought and that of my French friends is very striking.”

   ““Got up—washed—breakfasted—dejeunered—dined—smoked—went to bed.””

   “No epicures were enlisted in the party which dd^([sic]) homage tonight to Tour d’Argent duck, only plain Americans, who swore by plain beefsteaks and never met in Paris without questioning one another in an illiterate and scoffing way, “Have you dejeunered?” to show their contempt for the customs of the country.”

   ““Here, waiter,” cried the Johnnie who had dejeunered daringly at 12, “take this bill to the manager and tell him it’s an imposition. Why, you’ve charged more for one poached egg on toast than for an entire portion of those eggs that you scramble.””