lunch
take the midday meal
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,873 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,744 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- take the midday meal At what time are you lunching?
- provide a midday meal for She lunched us well
noun
- a midday meal also: luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner
lunch in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I am so glad you lunch here to-day.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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At last, just before lunch, he found a breathing space.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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I knew all the time he was talking about his lunch.
The Motormaniacs · Lloyd Osbourne · Chapter 1
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Whenever you think we are going to have green peas for lunch, you run up very quickly.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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I will put some lunch for you in the yellow basket, and you may dig worms for bait in the garden.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1