Definitions

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  • noun dated, slang breakfast

Etymologies

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breakfast +‎ -er

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Examples

  • There was just room for two courts, and many a good game we enjoyed there, especially after an early evacuation, in the long empty pause till "brekker" at eight o'clock.

    Fanny Goes to War

  • "brekker" [1] at the Creameries; a banquet of the Olympians to which

    The Hill A Romance of Friendship

  • "brekker" [39] at the Creameries; a banquet of the Olympians to which

    The Hill A Romance of Friendship

  • He remembered going there with Michael and Geoffrey after a bout of serious skulduggery and getting a large brekker and an alibi all rolled into one.

    Maura's Game

  • After brekker was over the first thing that had to be done before anything else was to get one's 'bus running and in order for the day.

    Fanny Goes to War

  • 'Look here, Robinson,' said Tony, 'you'd better buck up and change, or you'll be late for brekker.

    The Pothunters

  • The first year I came to camp we used to have to do a three hours 'field-day before brekker.

    The Head of Kay's

  • Of course we all went into the garden directly after brekker.

    New Treasure Seekers

  • "Perhaps he rises with the lark," said Alice, "and is wondering why brekker isn't ready."

    New Treasure Seekers

  • Dennison wasn't very well, and was having a pick-me-up with his brekker.

    Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate

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