breakfast club

noun

A disciplinary punishment requiring a student to come to school before classes, typically to work on homework or perform busywork; morning detention.

Meanings

nounbreakfast club (plural breakfast clubs)

plural breakfast clubs

  1. USeducationA disciplinary punishment requiring a student to come to school before classes, typically to work on homework or perform busywork; morning detention.
  2. UKeducationA facility to provide children with a morning meal at school, before classes.
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APA

breakfast club. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakfast%20club

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“breakfast club.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakfast%20club. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breakfast club,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakfast%20club.

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