luncheon

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  1. noun A lunch, especially a formal one.
  2. noun An afternoon party at which a light meal is served.

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  • Held at the Rumsey Indian Rancheria Community Center west of the Cache Creek Casino in Brooks, the luncheon was attended by representatives of more than 75 regional nonprofit organizations, many from Yolo County. —  Daily Democrat Most Viewed
  • Every department played a role in getting things back to normal after this year's bout of bad weather, and the luncheon was a way to say "thanks," city manager John Phillips said. —  QCOnline Metro News
  • The keynote speaker for the luncheon will be the Honorable Gordon L. Joyner, Esq. Mr. Joyner served as director of the Housing and Urban
  • This luncheon is a wonderful opportunity to honor your grandmothers, mothers, daughters and friends who have had an impact in your life. —  The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories
  • This luncheon is a must for all established and upcoming artists.
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  1. Probably alteration (influenced by dialectal lunch, hunk of cheese or bread) of obsolete nuncheon, light snack, from Middle English nonshench : none, noon; see noon + schench, drink (from Old English scenc, from scencan, to pour out).

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  1. Formerly also lunchion, lunshin; a dial. word, prob. for *lunchin, *lunching, from lunch + -ing. The termination, like that of the unrelated nuncheon, simulates a F. origin.
  2. from luncheon, n.
 

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