Word info

lunch money

Noun

Meaning

lunch money (uncountable)

An allowance of money given by parents to their children for food purchases and other items.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I think I was one of those kids that I might not fight you if you stepped on my shoes or stole my lunch money or that kind of stuff. But if you picked on a girl or something like that, that would cause me to rear up a little bit. Will Shields

Taking Big Bird away from our five year olds, lunch money away from our ten year olds, job training programs away from our fifteen year olds, and college loans away from our twenty year olds is a disgrace. John Murray

How do I put this? 'Glee' is like 'High School Musical' if 'High School Musical' had its stomach punched and its lunch money stolen. Cory Monteith

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