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luncheon|ˈlʌnʃən|
Also 7 lunchen, lunchion, lunching, 7–8 lunchin, 8 lunshin.
[Related in some way to lunch n.2
The ordinary view, that the spelling lunching represents the etymological form, appears somewhat unlikely. In our quots. the earliest form is luncheon, and this appears in our quots. earlier than lunch; and there is no evidence of a derivative verb in the 16–17th c. It is possible that luncheon might have been extended from lunch on the analogy of the relation between punch, puncheon, trunch, truncheon.]
†1. = lunch n.2 1. Obs.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Lopin, a lumpe, a goblet, a luncheon. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. ii. iv. 97 Eating a great lumpe of bread and butter with a lunchen of cheese. 1660Chas. II's Escape fr. Worcester in Harl. Misc. (1809) IV. 444 The Colonel plucked out of his pocket a good luncheon of bread and cheese. 1703Thoresby Let. to Ray (E.D.S.) s.v., A huge lunshin of bread, i.e. a large piece. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 62 A large luncheon of brown bread..struck my eyes. 1824Scott Redgauntlet let. x, Little Benjie..was cramming a huge luncheon of pie-crust into his mouth.
fig.1685H. More Paralip. Prophet. xii. 98 No little scraps of bounty..but large Lunchions of Munificence.
2. a. Originally, a slight repast taken between two of the ordinary meal-times, esp. between breakfast and mid-day dinner. The word retains this original application with those who use dinner as the name of the mid-day meal; with those who ‘dine’ in the evening, luncheon denotes a meal (understood to be less substantial and less ceremonious than dinner) taken usually in the early afternoon. Now somewhat formal: cf. lunch n.2 2.
a1652Brome Mad Couple v. i. Wks. 1873 I. 92 Noonings, and intermealiary Lunchings. 1655tr. Com. Hist. Francion iii. 71 For our Breakfast and after-noons Lunchins [Fr. à gouster]. 1706E. Ward Writings (ed. 3) II. 125 Then others more Hungry, their Stomachs to please, Sit down to their Luncheons of House-hold and Cheese. 1809Malkin Gil Blas iii. ii. ⁋3 As soon as we had released our kitchen⁓wench, I gave orders for a good luncheon. 1823Byron Juan xi. lxv, His afternoons he pass'd in visits, luncheons, Lounging and boxing. 1827Carlyle Germ. Rom. II. 318 The mother looked for the little ones, and brought them their evening luncheon. 1855Mrs. Gaskell North & S. i, They did not scruple to make a call at each other's houses before Luncheon. 1881M. E. Herbert Edith 2 Have you had some luncheon? 1891E. Peacock N. Brendon II. 2 Thornton stayed for luncheon.
b. U.S. Applied to a late supper.
1903Boston Even. Transcript 3 Oct. 5 At this table, from 9 o'clock until midnight, a bountiful standing luncheon was served continuously.
3. attrib., as luncheon bar, luncheon-basket, luncheon bell, luncheon-hour, luncheon tent, luncheon-time; luncheon-car, on a railway train, a restaurant-car where luncheons are provided; also attrib.; † luncheon-dinner = lunch-dinner (lunch n.2 3); luncheon meat, a type of pre-cooked meat containing preservatives; luncheon voucher, a money voucher given to employees which is exchangeable for meals at certain restaurants.
1891H. Herman His Angel 125 The cellar..was occupied by a liquor and luncheon bar.
1859Queen Victoria Jrnl. 7 Oct. in D. Duff Victoria in Highlands (1968) 159 Our pony carried the luncheon baskets. 1903Railway timetable, Luncheon-baskets..may be obtained at the principal stations. 1958J. Cannan And be a Villain i. 15 Ah, the Victorian railways!..the luncheon baskets you wired ahead for.
1884W. S. Gilbert Princess Ida 11, Merrily ring the luncheon bell.
1903A. Bennett Leonora vii. 203 The express, with its two engines, its gilded luncheon-cars, and its post-office van. Ibid. 204 Catching the luncheon-car attendant by the sleeve. 1909Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 2/1 A new luncheon-car express, starting from King's Cross at 1.5 p.m. 1970Country Life 31 Dec. 1293/1 On the next stage north there was a luncheon car, and at The Mound he ate his lunch.
1819M. Edgeworth Let. 4 Mar. (1971) 178 After luncheon-dinner I finished at Oxford. 1882W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. ii. 25 There are three common meals—breakfast, luncheon-dinner, and dinner-supper.
1888J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge I. ix. 146 From that very Pavilion he had slipped away during the luncheon-hour.
1945‘R. Crompton’ William & Brains Trust ix. 166 Although it meant opening her last remaining tin of Luncheon Meat. 1953J. Hunt Ascent Everest iv. xii. 155 Over our bacon and, possibly, eggs, or fried luncheon meat. 1957E. Craig Collins Family Cookery 814 Dice luncheon meat and use as a filling for bread. 1960A. E. Bender Dict. Nutrition 76/2 Luncheon Meat..must have a meat content not less than 80%.
1899E. Peacock in Month Feb. 208 To witness the servants of the Duke pitch the luncheon-tent.
1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 158 Allowing..not a moment for meals, nor the well known luncheon-time.
1955Evening Standard 28 Oct. 15/3 (heading) Doorman/timekeeper for staff and goods entrance... Pension scheme, welfare fund, luncheon vouchers, etc. 1966A. La Bern Goodbye Piccadilly v. 48 Their wallets contained more luncheon vouchers than treasury notes. 1973Times 24 Jan. (Security Conf. Printing Suppl.) p. i/3 The notes in our wallets, stamps for letters..luncheon vouchers..are a few of the little pieces of paper so essential to modern life.
Hence ˈluncheon v. intr., to take luncheon, to lunch; ˈluncheonless a., without luncheon.
1883Ld. Saltoun Scraps I. 190, I..went luncheonless myself. 1885Fortn. in Waggonette 94 A few minutes more saw an imposing party luncheoning on the grassy roadside. 1889Archæol. æliana XIII. 309 The Duke of Northumberland..luncheoned at the ‘Three Half Moons’. |