breakfast (n.)

breakfast (v.)

You may as well say, that's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 7.

For her own breakfast she 'll project a scheme,

Nor take her tea without a stratagem.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 190.

And then to breakfast with

What appetite you have.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.