Luncheon
['lʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n] or ['lʌntʃən]
Definition
(n.) A lump of food.
(n.) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.
(v. i.) To take luncheon.
Inputed by Eleanor
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Lunch, slight meal.
Inputed by Darlene
Examples
- I was punctual to the luncheon hour on Tuesday. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Is not Shirley coming to luncheon? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Luncheon-time came and Sir Percival did not return. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- From eleven o'clock until luncheon, and from luncheon until dinner at six in the evening, the employments and amusements were various. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The next day he persuaded May to escape for a walk in the Park after luncheon. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A servant came in with Mr. Moore's candle and tea; for the tutor and his pupil usually dined at luncheon time. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Limited by luncheon? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We found Aunt Ablewhite and Mr. Bruff at luncheon. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Franklin snatched a morsel from the luncheon-table, and rode off to Frizinghall--to escort his cousins, as he told my lady. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A horrid rattling of knives and forks sounded outside the door, and the footman came in to lay the table for luncheon. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He invited himself to luncheon the next day, and then he went away to his hotel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her appearance at luncheon justified the excuse. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I'm not a show, Aunty, and no one is coming to stare at me, to criticize my dress, or count the cost of my luncheon. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The next day, at luncheon, the butler, handing something to Mr. Brooke, said, Jonas is come back, sir, and has brought this letter. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But on Sunday after luncheon he borrowed a cutter, and drove over to Skuytercliff. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Checker: Virgil