Definition of ploughman's lunch in English:
ploughman's lunch
nounplaʊmənzˈlʌntʃˈplaʊmənz ˌlən(t)ʃ
British A meal of bread and cheese, typically with pickle and salad.
Example sentencesExamples
- As a teenager I worked in a pub and had to cut big slabs of the stuff for ploughman's lunches.
- Depending on the time of day sandwiches, soup or a ploughman's lunch are available.
- Refreshments and a ploughman's lunch will be on offer to visitors.
- For only a few groat we had a meal of ploughman's lunch and pastie, seated on an unsteady wooden chair in the café garden in front of an enormous bench, with the accompaniment of warm beer, gnats, dragon flies and the occasional bee.
- I went for a cycle ride - had to try out the newly fixed bike properly - and went to a little village pub for a ploughman's lunch and a pint of beer.
- Autumn is ideal for crisp British apples to accompany a ploughman's lunch of local farmhouse cheese.
- The straightforward menu offers sandwiches, as well as ploughman's lunches and, typically, whitebait with tartare sauce and hearty steak and kidney pies.
- Specifically, I'm going to contemplate a meal that has been a staple at pubs for centuries - the ploughman's lunch.
- A ploughman's lunch was provided and the cooler weather contributed to a very enjoyable fun day.
- The pub owner brought him a ploughman's lunch and another pint.
- This was followed by an appetizer of velvety foie gras, served in the manner of a traditional ploughman's lunch, with slivers of Beaufort cheese and bread.
Definition of ploughman's lunch in US English:
ploughman's lunch
nounˈploumənz ˌlən(t)SHˈplaʊmənz ˌlən(t)ʃ
British A meal of bread and cheese, typically with pickled vegetables and salad.
Example sentencesExamples
- A ploughman's lunch was provided and the cooler weather contributed to a very enjoyable fun day.
- The straightforward menu offers sandwiches, as well as ploughman's lunches and, typically, whitebait with tartare sauce and hearty steak and kidney pies.
- Specifically, I'm going to contemplate a meal that has been a staple at pubs for centuries - the ploughman's lunch.
- Autumn is ideal for crisp British apples to accompany a ploughman's lunch of local farmhouse cheese.
- As a teenager I worked in a pub and had to cut big slabs of the stuff for ploughman's lunches.
- This was followed by an appetizer of velvety foie gras, served in the manner of a traditional ploughman's lunch, with slivers of Beaufort cheese and bread.
- For only a few groat we had a meal of ploughman's lunch and pastie, seated on an unsteady wooden chair in the café garden in front of an enormous bench, with the accompaniment of warm beer, gnats, dragon flies and the occasional bee.
- I went for a cycle ride - had to try out the newly fixed bike properly - and went to a little village pub for a ploughman's lunch and a pint of beer.
- Depending on the time of day sandwiches, soup or a ploughman's lunch are available.
- The pub owner brought him a ploughman's lunch and another pint.
- Refreshments and a ploughman's lunch will be on offer to visitors.