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   Lunch

   /lən(t)SH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal: "do join us for lunch"

   verb

   • 1. eat lunch: "he told his wife he was lunching with a client"
   • ▪ take (someone) out for lunch: "public relations people lunch their clients there"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘thick piece, hunk (of bread etc.)’): possibly from lump1. The modern sense is an abbreviation of luncheon.

   Derivatives

   • 1. luncher noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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