Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lump or piece. Compare
nunc . - noun A slight repast; a lunch or luncheon, Compare
nuncheon .
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Examples
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Then work till five, then a _nunch_ and a quart of ale.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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But three days after, William Privett was mowing with John Chiles in Mr. Hardcome's meadow, and in the heat of the day they sat down to eat their bit o 'nunch under a tree, and empty their flagon.
Life's Little Ironies Thomas Hardy 1884
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There was one for you that ne’er would nunch with good
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Chiles in Mr. Hardcome’s meadow, and in the heat of the day they sat down to eat their bit o’ nunch under a tree, and empty their flagon.
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Chiles in Mr. Hardcome’s meadow, and in the heat of the day they sat down to eat their bit o’ nunch under a tree, and empty their flagon.
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