Definitions
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- adjective Occurring in the middle of a
meal - noun The middle of a
meal
Etymologies
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Examples
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As she exits, Gertrudis nods to the lumpy security guard, midmeal in tamales and beans.
The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010
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He gives thanks for each animal he eats, and savors every last part of it, sometimes stopping midmeal to reseason a dish.
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It's like a trou gascon — the neat shot of Armagnac tossed back midmeal to ready you for cassoulet.
Grapes of Gascony 2002
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It's like a trou gascon — the neat shot of Armagnac tossed back midmeal to ready you for cassoulet.
Grapes of Gascony 2002
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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
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“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
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“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
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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
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It was nowhere near the end of the midmeal break yet.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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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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