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break-fast

break-fast

See also: breakfast and break fast

English

Noun

break-fast (plural break-fasts)

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of breakfast (meal eaten after fasting)
    • 1999, Rita Milos Brownstein, Jewish Holiday Style (ISBN 1439104212), page 24:
      Although Sukkot starts five days after Yom Kippur, have your break-fast guests join you in putting at least one piece of the sukkah in place, such as a board or nail, [...]