Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The time during which lunch is usually eaten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the time for eating lunch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The time or
hour at which lunch is normally eaten. - noun the period of 30 minutes to an hour at midday between lessons when
schoolchildren are allowed to go outside and play or eat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch
Etymologies
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Examples
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Your comment about the 'grey Lancastrian lunchtime' is clear evidence of anti-Lancashire bias from a known Yorkshireman, and is not what I'd expect from the Guardian.
Bolton Wanderers v Manchester United - as it happened John Ashdown 2010
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The intrepid Zach navigates through Midtown's steel canyons on a constant quest to find the best in lunchtime options.
Me on Midtown Lunch | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007
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The food comes out fresh to order, instead of prepackaged in lunchtime bento boxes
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The intrepid Zach navigates through Midtown's steel canyons on a constant quest to find the best in lunchtime options.
Archive 2007-01-01 Homesick Texan 2007
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One thing's for sure - Andrew Neill's Daily Politics programme and PMQs this lunchtime is going to be an absolute must view show.
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So what I've been doing all along at lunchtime is unplugging the 3 different cables (power, DSL, keyboard/mouse adapter) from the back of the laptop and carting it up the hall to the kitchen for podcast playback while preparing and munching a sandwich.
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So what I've been doing all along at lunchtime is unplugging the 3 different cables (power, DSL, keyboard/mouse adapter) from the back of the laptop and carting it up the hall to the kitchen for podcast playback while preparing and munching a sandwich.
December 2005 2005
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"Ohhhhhh, so it's lunchtime is it, Ma?" said someone and the class laughed but made no move to close their books.
Archive 2005-03-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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"Ohhhhhh, so it's lunchtime is it, Ma?" said someone and the class laughed but made no move to close their books.
Shakespeare the African Sharon Bakar 2005
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That was Samantha from "Sex and the City" having a little problem with what some call lunchtime facelifts.
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