Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the act of eating lunch.
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- verb Present participle of
lunch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of eating lunch
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Examples
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I'm lunching out myself, as it happens -- yes sir, _lunching out_.
Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton 1899
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At two there was another stop of ten minutes, that might be employed in lunching or otherwise.
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We have a lady of your calling lunching here for the next fortnight.
Here Lies Gloria Mundy Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1982
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Here we felt at once the true atmosphere of lunching, which is at its best when one can get in a corner, next to some old woodwork rubbed and shiny with age.
Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Christopher Morley 1923
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Keenum came up with the idea of lunching in instead of lunching out.
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He called lunching with Buffett an "investment in the future."
Alanat News 2009
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Most likely you've never run across Rhee "lunching": a charitable term for her passionate embrace of all kinds of junk food.
Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011
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Most likely you've never run across Rhee "lunching": a charitable term for her passionate embrace of all kinds of junk food.
Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011
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I left my house one day last month and saw a hawk "lunching" in my backyard, on a pigeon.
Sacred Thunderbird Blogging Anne Johnson 2009
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Trying on outfits, getting feedback, "lunching", checking out guys.
Amongst the horses. Ann Althouse 2009
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