单词 | school dinner |
释义 | > as lemmasschool dinner school dinner n. (originally) a dinner party given by a school; (later) a (cooked) meal provided for schoolchildren in the middle of the day; cf. school lunch n. at Compounds 1a, school meal n. at Compounds 1a. ΚΠ 1812 H. B. Wilson Hist. Merchant-Taylors School 387 The company had appointed but two stewards, instead of three, to bear the expense of the school-dinner. 1891 T. H. Teegan Elem. Educ. in France xvii. 121 About £20000 is now annually expended in supplying school dinners for children... These dinners are given free to those who are unable to pay, or at a fixed rate to those who can. 1963 New Society 22 Aug. 5/1 That inevitable horror, the school dinner. 2007 Park Home & Holiday Caravan Jan. 79/2 Patronising and sadistic teachers, pointless lessons and sick-making school dinners characterised many an unhappy adolescence. < as lemmas |
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