luncheon

Speech parts

1. luncheon - Noun

2. luncheon - Verb

Meaning

To take luncheon.

A lump of food.

A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.

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Examples

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity. Ben Kingsley

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties. Graham Greene

By noon it was clear that the Socialists would have a majority. At luncheon my wife said to me, 'It may well be a blessing in disguise.' I replied, 'At the moment it seems quite effectively disguised. Winston Churchill

Then as we linger at luncheon here O'er many a dainty dish, Let us drink anew to the time when you Were a tadpole and I was a fish. Langdon Smith

I do not want Michaelangelo for breakfast - but for luncheon - for dinner - for tea - for supper - for between meals. Mark Twain

So munch on, crunch on, take your nuncheon, Breakfast, supper, dinner, luncheon. Robert Browning

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