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Luncheon
Definitions
- 1 A formal meal served in the middle of the day. countable, uncountable
"Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet."
- 2 a midday meal wordnet
- 3 A large, cheap, processed sausage served in thin slices. New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
"Filled Roll (x2) 1x luncheon, tomato, lettuce, and mayonnaise / 1x cheese and onion"
- 4 Any midday meal; lunch. countable, dated, uncountable
"Have you had luncheon?"
- 5 A lump of food. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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- 6 A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs."
- 1 To eat luncheon. dated, intransitive
"In the meantime, while ladies are luncheoning on chicken pie, or coursing in whirling britskas, performing all the singular ceremonies of a London morning in the heart of the season[…]"
- 2 To serve luncheon to. rare, transitive
"Towns welcomed us in our hundreds; M.P.’s luncheoned us, manufacturers turned out their warehouses, decorated them and feasted us; private families tea’d us on their lawns, but we were so true to our art that we always returned to—“papers!”"
Etymology
From earlier lunching, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to lunch, q.v. It is unclear which came first. Possibly influenced by nuncheon (“light snack taken in the afternoon”). The "sausage" sense is probably a shortening of luncheon sausage or luncheon meat.
From earlier lunching, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to lunch, q.v. It is unclear which came first. Possibly influenced by nuncheon (“light snack taken in the afternoon”). The "sausage" sense is probably a shortening of luncheon sausage or luncheon meat.
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