breakfast club
(US, education) A disciplinary punishment requiring a student to come to school before classes, typically to work on homework or perform busywork; morning detention.
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Why did those kids call detention a breakfast club, they all ate breakfast at home that day
Thomas was featured speaker at the Hood Hargett Breakfast Club Tuesday, in advance of the Truist Championship played in Charlotte this week.
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(US, education) A disciplinary punishment requiring a student to come to school before classes, typically to work on homework or perform busywork; morning detention.
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(UK, education) A facility to provide children with a morning meal at school, before classes.
“Why did those kids call detention a breakfast club, they all ate breakfast at home that day”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thomas was featured speaker at the Hood Hargett Breakfast Club Tuesday, in advance of the Truist Championship played in Charlotte this week.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Don't forget! The next Service Design Breakfast Club is tomorrow! servicedesignbreakfast.com Join us at @clearleft.com's studio in #Brighton. It's free and open to anyone. #serviceDesign”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(North America) A class period, usually in boarding school or high school, where students are afforded the time for independent study and homework assignments, as part of the curriculum or after hours, the last notably as a punishment called detention.
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(US) A kind of undergraduate social club, which includes meals, now limited to a few private colleges and universities.
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(UK) A break for schoolchildren between lessons.
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(dated, slang) Breakfast.