Linner

//ˈlɪnəɹ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A meal or snack eaten between the normal times for lunch and dinner.

Example

More examples

"The Lark sings as it flies in the air, the Quail sitting on the ground; others, on the boughs of trees, such as: the Canary, the Chaffinch, the Goldfinch, the Siskin, the Linner, the little Titmouse, the Woodwall, the Robin Redbreast, the Hedge Sparrow and so on."

Etymology

Blend of lunch + dinner.

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