luncheonn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈlən(t)ʃən/

Forms: Also 1600s lunchen, lunchion, lunching, 1600s–1700s lunchin (1600s slunchin), 1700s lunshin.

Etymology: Related in some way to lunch n.²The 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 cent. It is possible that luncheon might have been extended < lunch on the analogy of the relation between punch, puncheon, trunch, truncheon.

†1. = lunch n.² 1. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > large or thick piece

luncheon1580

lunch1591

chuck1674

chunk1691

junt1718

daud1721

junk1726

hunch1790

hunk1809

dunt1813

knoll1829

nugget1853

slug1867

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Lopin, a lumpe, a goblet, a luncheon.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. ii. iv. 97 Eating a great lumpe of bread and butter with a lunchen of cheese.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 274 For our last course..we had a thinne slice of cheese,..alleaging that those thicker slunchins would dull our wits.

1660 Charles II's Escape from Worcester in Harl. Misc. (1809) IV. 444 The Colonel plucked out of his pocket a good luncheon of bread and cheese.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 424 A huge Lunshin of bread, a large piece.

1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 120 A large luncheon of brown bread..struck my eyes.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. x. 204 Little Benjie..was cramming a huge luncheon of pie-crust into his mouth.

figurative.1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xii. 98 No little scraps of bounty..but large Lunchions of Munificence.

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.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > light meal or snacks

nuncheonc1260

morsela1382

refection?a1439

mixtumc1490

bever1500

banquet1509

collation1525

snatch1570

beverage1577

a little something1577

anders-meat1598

four-hours1637

watering1637

refreshment1639

snap1642

luncheona1652

crib1652

prandicle1656

munchin1657

baita1661

unch1663

afternooning1678

whet1688

nacket1694

merenda1740

rinfresco1745

bagging?1746

snack1757

coffee1774

second breakfast1775

nummit1777

stay-stomach1800

damper1804

eleven o'clock1805

noonshine1808

by-bit1819

morning1819

four1823

four o'clock1825

lunch1829

stay-bit1833

picnic meal1839

elevens1849

Tommy1864

picnic tea1869

dinnerette1872

merienda1880

elevenses1887

light bite1887

soldier's supper1893

mug-up1902

tray1914

café complet1933

nosha1941

namkeen1942

snax1947

snackette1952

chaat1954

ploughman's lunch1957

munchie1959

playlunch1960

short-eat1962

lite bite1965

munchie1971

ploughman1975

aperitivo2002

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > midday meal or lunch

noonmeatOE

noona1225

midday meala1425

noon meal?c1460

Sunday dinner1602

nooning1649

luncheona1652

noon dinner1656

nummit1777

tiffin1800

sandwich lunch1828

lunch1829

twelve hours1844

free lunch1848

midday dinner1852

Sunday lunch1854

nooning-meal1865

Mittagessen1876

business lunch1880

tray lunch1936

pub lunch1954

working lunch1954

liquid lunch1970

three-martini lunch1972

a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht v. i, in Wks. (1873) I. 92 Noonings, and intermealiary Lunchings.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 71 For our Breakfast and after-noons Lunchins [Fr. à gouster].

1706 E. Ward Writings (ed. 3) II. 125 Then others more Hungry, their Stomachs to please, Sit down to their Luncheons of House-hold and Cheese.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. ii. 334 As soon as we had released our kitchen-wench, I gave orders for a good luncheon.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI lxvi. 136 His afternoons he passed in visits, luncheons, Lounging and boxing.

1827 T. Carlyle tr. E. T. W. Hoffmann in German Romance II. 318 The mother looked for the little ones, and brought them their evening luncheon.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. i. 3 They did not scruple to make a call at each other's houses before luncheon.

1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 2 Have you had some luncheon?

1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 2 Thornton stayed for luncheon.

b. U.S. Applied to a late supper.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > evening meal or supper

supperc1300

collationc1305

mid-dinnera1500

Sunday suppera1580

supper1598

evening meal1620

late dinner1649

ordinary suppera1661

petit souper1751

souper1787

ball supper1794

tray supper1825

kitchen supper1837

bump supper1845

evenmeat1848

tea-dinner1862

luncheon1903

1903 Boston Evening Transcript 3 Oct. 5 At this table, from 9 o'clock until midnight, a bountiful standing luncheon was served continuously.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

luncheon bar n.

1891 H. Herman His Angel 125 The cellar..was occupied by a liquor and luncheon bar.

luncheon-basket n.

1859 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 7 Oct. in D. Duff Victoria in Highlands (1968) 159 Our pony carried the luncheon baskets.

1903 Railway timetable Luncheon-baskets..may be obtained at the principal stations.

1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 15 Ah, the Victorian railways!..the luncheon baskets you wired ahead for.

luncheon bell n.

1884 W. S. Gilbert Princess Ida 11 Merrily ring the luncheon bell.

luncheon-hour n.

1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge I. ix. 146 From that very Pavilion he had slipped away during the luncheon-hour.

luncheon tent n.

1899 E. Peacock in Month Feb. 208 To witness the servants of the Duke pitch the luncheon-tent.

luncheon-time n.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > lunch-time

midday mealtimec1400

luncheon-time1823

lunchtime1859

dinner camp1925

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 158 Allowing..not a moment for meals, nor the well known luncheon-time.

C2.

luncheon-car n. on a railway train, a restaurant-car where luncheons are provided; also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > dining car

dining car1838

refreshment car1851

restaurant car1870

dining carriage1879

dining coach1879

buffet-car1887

diner1889

luncheon-car1903

1903 A. Bennett Leonora vii. 203 The express, with its two engines, its gilded luncheon-cars, and its post-office van.

1903 A. Bennett Leonora vii. 204 Catching the luncheon-car attendant by the sleeve.

1907 Daily Chron. 31 Dec. 3/6 A luncheon-car train will leave King's-cross each day at half-past one.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 2/1 A new luncheon-car express, starting from King's Cross at 1.5 p.m.

1970 Country Life 31 Dec. 1293/1 On the next stage north there was a luncheon car, and at The Mound he ate his lunch.

† luncheon-dinner n. Obsolete = lunch-dinner n. at lunch n.² Compounds 2.

1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 4 Mar. (1971) 178 After luncheon-dinner I finished at Oxford.

1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. ii. 25 There are three common meals—breakfast, luncheon-dinner, and dinner-supper.

luncheon meat n. a type of pre-cooked meat containing preservatives.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > tinned meat

rillettes1858

Fanny Adams1884

tinned dog1895

Harriet Lane1896

Maconochie1901

monkey meat1918

Spam1937

luncheon meat1945

1945 ‘R. Crompton’ William & Brains Trust ix. 166 Although it meant opening her last remaining tin of Luncheon Meat.

1953 J. Hunt Ascent of Everest iv. xii. 155 Over our bacon and, possibly, eggs, or fried luncheon meat.

1957 E. Craig Collins Family Cookery 814 Dice luncheon meat and use as a filling for bread.

1960 A. E. Bender Dict. Nutrition & Food Technol. 76/2 Luncheon Meat..must have a meat content not less than 80%.

luncheon voucher n. a money voucher given to employees which is exchangeable for meals at certain restaurants.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > voucher > specific kind of

scrip1818

box top1820

labour note1831

punch-out1899

book token1932

record token1939

slop-chit1946

luncheon voucher1955

dinner card1963

1955 Evening Standard 28 Oct. 15/3 (heading) Doorman/timekeeper for staff and goods entrance... Pension scheme, welfare fund, luncheon vouchers, etc.

1966 A. La Bern Goodbye Piccadilly v. 48 Their wallets contained more luncheon vouchers than treasury notes.

1973 Times 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.

Derivatives

ˈluncheon v. (intransitive) to take luncheon, to lunch.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (intransitive)] > eat lunch

tiff1803

lunch1823

tiffin1866

luncheon1885

pub-lunch1971

1885 Fortn. in Waggonette 94 A few minutes more saw an imposing party luncheoning on the grassy roadside.

1889 Archaeologia Aeliana New Ser. 13 309 The Duke of Northumberland..luncheoned at the ‘Three Half Moons’.

ˈluncheonless adj. without luncheon.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food > not fed

unsuppedc1384

unfeda1400

unvictualled1484

undined?a1513

unbreakfasted1647

undieted1649

unprovisioned1747

undinnered1799

luncheonless1883

1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps I. 190 I..went luncheonless myself.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	luncheon
释义	luncheonn. Brit. /ˈlʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈlən(t)ʃən/ Forms: Also 1600s lunchen, lunchion, lunching, 1600s–1700s lunchin (1600s slunchin), 1700s lunshin. Etymology: Related in some way to lunch n.²The 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 cent. It is possible that luncheon might have been extended < lunch on the analogy of the relation between punch, puncheon, trunch, truncheon. †1. = lunch n.² 1. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > large or thick piece luncheon1580 lunch1591 chuck1674 chunk1691 junt1718 daud1721 junk1726 hunch1790 hunk1809 dunt1813 knoll1829 nugget1853 slug1867 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Lopin, a lumpe, a goblet, a luncheon. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. ii. iv. 97 Eating a great lumpe of bread and butter with a lunchen of cheese. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 274 For our last course..we had a thinne slice of cheese,..alleaging that those thicker slunchins would dull our wits. 1660 Charles II's Escape from Worcester in Harl. Misc. (1809) IV. 444 The Colonel plucked out of his pocket a good luncheon of bread and cheese. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 424 A huge Lunshin of bread, a large piece. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 120 A large luncheon of brown bread..struck my eyes. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. x. 204 Little Benjie..was cramming a huge luncheon of pie-crust into his mouth. figurative.1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 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. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > light meal or snacks nuncheonc1260 morsela1382 refection?a1439 mixtumc1490 bever1500 banquet1509 collation1525 snatch1570 beverage1577 a little something1577 anders-meat1598 four-hours1637 watering1637 refreshment1639 snap1642 luncheona1652 crib1652 prandicle1656 munchin1657 baita1661 unch1663 afternooning1678 whet1688 nacket1694 merenda1740 rinfresco1745 bagging?1746 snack1757 coffee1774 second breakfast1775 nummit1777 stay-stomach1800 damper1804 eleven o'clock1805 noonshine1808 by-bit1819 morning1819 four1823 four o'clock1825 lunch1829 stay-bit1833 picnic meal1839 elevens1849 Tommy1864 picnic tea1869 dinnerette1872 merienda1880 elevenses1887 light bite1887 soldier's supper1893 mug-up1902 tray1914 café complet1933 nosha1941 namkeen1942 snax1947 snackette1952 chaat1954 ploughman's lunch1957 munchie1959 playlunch1960 short-eat1962 lite bite1965 munchie1971 ploughman1975 aperitivo2002 the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > midday meal or lunch noonmeatOE noona1225 midday meala1425 noon meal?c1460 Sunday dinner1602 nooning1649 luncheona1652 noon dinner1656 nummit1777 tiffin1800 sandwich lunch1828 lunch1829 twelve hours1844 free lunch1848 midday dinner1852 Sunday lunch1854 nooning-meal1865 Mittagessen1876 business lunch1880 tray lunch1936 pub lunch1954 working lunch1954 liquid lunch1970 three-martini lunch1972 a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht v. i, in Wks. (1873) I. 92 Noonings, and intermealiary Lunchings. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 71 For our Breakfast and after-noons Lunchins [Fr. à gouster]. 1706 E. Ward Writings (ed. 3) II. 125 Then others more Hungry, their Stomachs to please, Sit down to their Luncheons of House-hold and Cheese. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. ii. 334 As soon as we had released our kitchen-wench, I gave orders for a good luncheon. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI lxvi. 136 His afternoons he passed in visits, luncheons, Lounging and boxing. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. E. T. W. Hoffmann in German Romance II. 318 The mother looked for the little ones, and brought them their evening luncheon. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. i. 3 They did not scruple to make a call at each other's houses before luncheon. 1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 2 Have you had some luncheon? 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 2 Thornton stayed for luncheon. b. U.S. Applied to a late supper. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > evening meal or supper supperc1300 collationc1305 mid-dinnera1500 Sunday suppera1580 supper1598 evening meal1620 late dinner1649 ordinary suppera1661 petit souper1751 souper1787 ball supper1794 tray supper1825 kitchen supper1837 bump supper1845 evenmeat1848 tea-dinner1862 luncheon1903 1903 Boston Evening Transcript 3 Oct. 5 At this table, from 9 o'clock until midnight, a bountiful standing luncheon was served continuously. Compounds C1. General attributive. luncheon bar n. Π 1891 H. Herman His Angel 125 The cellar..was occupied by a liquor and luncheon bar. luncheon-basket n. Π 1859 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 7 Oct. in D. Duff Victoria in Highlands (1968) 159 Our pony carried the luncheon baskets. 1903 Railway timetable Luncheon-baskets..may be obtained at the principal stations. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 15 Ah, the Victorian railways!..the luncheon baskets you wired ahead for. luncheon bell n. Π 1884 W. S. Gilbert Princess Ida 11 Merrily ring the luncheon bell. luncheon-hour n. Π 1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge I. ix. 146 From that very Pavilion he had slipped away during the luncheon-hour. luncheon tent n. Π 1899 E. Peacock in Month Feb. 208 To witness the servants of the Duke pitch the luncheon-tent. luncheon-time n. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > lunch-time midday mealtimec1400 luncheon-time1823 lunchtime1859 dinner camp1925 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 158 Allowing..not a moment for meals, nor the well known luncheon-time. C2. luncheon-car n. on a railway train, a restaurant-car where luncheons are provided; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > dining car dining car1838 refreshment car1851 restaurant car1870 dining carriage1879 dining coach1879 buffet-car1887 diner1889 luncheon-car1903 1903 A. Bennett Leonora vii. 203 The express, with its two engines, its gilded luncheon-cars, and its post-office van. 1903 A. Bennett Leonora vii. 204 Catching the luncheon-car attendant by the sleeve. 1907 Daily Chron. 31 Dec. 3/6 A luncheon-car train will leave King's-cross each day at half-past one. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 2/1 A new luncheon-car express, starting from King's Cross at 1.5 p.m. 1970 Country Life 31 Dec. 1293/1 On the next stage north there was a luncheon car, and at The Mound he ate his lunch. † luncheon-dinner n. Obsolete = lunch-dinner n. at lunch n.² Compounds 2. Π 1819 M. Edgeworth Let. 4 Mar. (1971) 178 After luncheon-dinner I finished at Oxford. 1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. ii. 25 There are three common meals—breakfast, luncheon-dinner, and dinner-supper. luncheon meat n. a type of pre-cooked meat containing preservatives. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > preserved meat > [noun] > tinned meat rillettes1858 Fanny Adams1884 tinned dog1895 Harriet Lane1896 Maconochie1901 monkey meat1918 Spam1937 luncheon meat1945 1945 ‘R. Crompton’ William & Brains Trust ix. 166 Although it meant opening her last remaining tin of Luncheon Meat. 1953 J. Hunt Ascent of Everest iv. xii. 155 Over our bacon and, possibly, eggs, or fried luncheon meat. 1957 E. Craig Collins Family Cookery 814 Dice luncheon meat and use as a filling for bread. 1960 A. E. Bender Dict. Nutrition & Food Technol. 76/2 Luncheon Meat..must have a meat content not less than 80%. luncheon voucher n. a money voucher given to employees which is exchangeable for meals at certain restaurants. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > voucher > specific kind of scrip1818 box top1820 labour note1831 punch-out1899 book token1932 record token1939 slop-chit1946 luncheon voucher1955 dinner card1963 1955 Evening Standard 28 Oct. 15/3 (heading) Doorman/timekeeper for staff and goods entrance... Pension scheme, welfare fund, luncheon vouchers, etc. 1966 A. La Bern Goodbye Piccadilly v. 48 Their wallets contained more luncheon vouchers than treasury notes. 1973 Times 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. Derivatives ˈluncheon v. (intransitive) to take luncheon, to lunch. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (intransitive)] > eat lunch tiff1803 lunch1823 tiffin1866 luncheon1885 pub-lunch1971 1885 Fortn. in Waggonette 94 A few minutes more saw an imposing party luncheoning on the grassy roadside. 1889 Archaeologia Aeliana New Ser. 13 309 The Duke of Northumberland..luncheoned at the ‘Three Half Moons’. ˈluncheonless adj. without luncheon. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food > not fed unsuppedc1384 unfeda1400 unvictualled1484 undined?a1513 unbreakfasted1647 undieted1649 unprovisioned1747 undinnered1799 luncheonless1883 1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps I. 190 I..went luncheonless myself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580
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