LUNCH, LUNCHEON
NOUNS
1657 — MUNCHIN a lunch; a light meal → obs.
1668 — UNCH a nuncheon, a light meal, a snack → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1691 — UNDERN a light luncheon; a light meal partaken of in the middle of the morning or the afternoon; the time allotted to such a repast → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 — NAMMET a luncheon; esp. one eaten in the field by farm-labourers either in the middle of the morning or of the afternoon; a plain meal without meat; food generally → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1800 — TIFFIN in India and neighbouring eastern countries: a light midday meal; luncheon → Anglo-Indian
1824 — YIMMET a lunch → Sc. obs.
1838 — UGGIN a lunch, a light meal, a snack, frequently of some delicacy or sweetmeat → Sc.
1868 — BITING-ON light refreshment taken between meals, lunch → Eng. dial.
..L19 — AIR PIE AND A WALK AROUND a clerk’s lunch; i.e. no food → sl.
1905 — ANDERS-MEAT luncheon → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — BAIT lunch → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1932 — PECK a short lunch break → Amer., chiefly railroad workers usage
1954 — POKE DINNER a lunch carried to work in a paper bag → Amer. dial.
1960 — GLASS OF LUNCH a drink, a ‘liquid lunch’ → Aust. sl.
1960 — GLASS OF STEAK a drink, a ‘liquid lunch’ → Aust. sl.
1960 — KIDNEY (PUNCH) a lunch → Brit. rhyming sl.
1963 — LIQUID LUNCH a midday meal at which more alcoholic drink than food is consumed → colloq.
1970 — BEAN TIME mealtime, lunch break → US railroad sl. (Bk.)
1996 — NUMMY food or a meal, esp. lunch → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1999 — TEN-OUNCE SANDWICH lunch consisting solely of beer → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1803 — TIFF to lunch → Anglo-Indian
1866 — TIFFIN to lunch → Anglo-Indian
1971 — BAG IT to bring one’s lunch in a paper bag → Amer. sl.
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