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countable and uncountable, plural lunches
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. quotations examples
We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
(cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions. examples
(Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering. examples
third-person singular simple present lunches, present participle lunching, simple past and past participle lunched
(intransitive) To eat lunch. quotations examples
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.
1934, Cole Porter, Miss Otis Regrets
The gentleman had left for London after lunch. Yes, alone; but he had lunched in the hotel with a lady.
1909, Frank Sidgwick, Love and battles, page 291
(transitive) To treat to lunch. quotations examples
We dined him, we lunched him, we were photographed in his company by flashlight.
1906, H. G. Wells, The Future in America: A Search After Realities