Refreshments
[rɪ'freʃm(ə)nts]
Examples
- Amy, who was handed about like refreshments, returned to the parlor on Father Laurence's arm. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Every Tuesday evening there was lemonade and a mixed biscuit for all who chose to partake of those refreshments. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- More refreshments were ordered. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Peggotty had a basket of refreshments on her knee, which would have lasted us out handsomely, if we had been going to London by the same conveyance. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Hold on, sir,' said Mr. Weller, invigorated with the prospect of refreshments. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Many a time during the long, weary nights of experimenting Edison would call a halt for refreshments, which he had ordered always to be sent in when night-work was in progress. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Were no refreshments sent? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He made the salad; and uncorked the Champagne; and carved the chickens; and ate and drank the greater part of the refreshments on the tables. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Often at night, in the small hours, all would adjourn for refreshments to a famous resort nearby, to discuss the events of to-day and to-morrow, full of incident and excitement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Saladin treated two of the prisoners with princely courtesy, and ordered refreshments to be set before them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There may be peace, there may be leisure, there may be innocent refreshments of many kinds. Plato. The Republic.
- Mr. Moore has, I believe, sent up for refreshments for the soldiers and others engaged in the defence, for some conveniences also for the wounded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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