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Definition
a meal; or the food served at a meal
or:
a meal following a funeral (in some parts of the United States)
or:
a meal following a funeral (in some parts of the United States)
- My brother and the rest going from the printing-house to their meals, I remained there alone, and, despatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a bisket or a slice of bread, a handful of raisins or a tart from the pastry-cook's, and a glass of water, had the rest of the time till their return for study, in which I made the greater progress, from that greater clearness of head and quicker apprehension which usually attend temperance in eating and drinking.
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