Definitions

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  • adjective Occurring in the middle of a meal
  • noun The middle of a meal

Etymologies

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mid- +‎ meal

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Examples

  • As she exits, Gertrudis nods to the lumpy security guard, midmeal in tamales and beans.

    The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010

  • He gives thanks for each animal he eats, and savors every last part of it, sometimes stopping midmeal to reseason a dish.

    Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (And Child) 2007

  • It's like a trou gascon — the neat shot of Armagnac tossed back midmeal to ready you for cassoulet.

    Grapes of Gascony 2002

  • It's like a trou gascon — the neat shot of Armagnac tossed back midmeal to ready you for cassoulet.

    Grapes of Gascony 2002

  • I ply them with iced tea and coffee refills; I return, midmeal, to inquire how everything is; I doll up their salads with chopped raw mushrooms, summer squash slices, or whatever bits of produce I can find that have survived their sojourn in the cold storage room mold-free.

    Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich, Barbara 2001

  • “If you give me another midmeal like yesterday,” Arrhae said, “you will have to serve me by rolling me down the hall on a handtruck!”

    RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000

  • “If you give me another midmeal like yesterday,” Arrhae said, “you will have to serve me by rolling me down the hall on a handtruck!”

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • When midmeal break came round, it came not a second too soon for Arrhae, and she was all too glad to slip back to her suite for a bite to eat by herself.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • It was nowhere near the end of the midmeal break yet.

    RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000

  • When midmeal break came round, it came not a second too soon for Arrhae, and she was all too glad to slip back to her suite for a bite to eat by herself.

    RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000

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