light+repast

  • 11luncheon — (n.) light repast between mealtimes, 1650s (lunching; spelling luncheon by 1706); earlier thick piece, hunk, 1570s (luncheon), of uncertain origin. Perhaps northern English dialectal lunch hunk of bread or cheese (1580s; probably from Sp. lonja a …

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  • 12lunch — n 1. luncheon, Brit. tiffin, Fr. dejeuner; brunch, Brit. elevenses. 2. light meal, light repast, collation, Inf. snack, Inf. bite, Inf. nosh; refreshments. 3. luncheonette, lunchroom, lunch counter, lunch bar, bar, bar and grill, grill, grill… …

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  • 13Bever — Be ver, n. [OE. bever a drink, drinking time, OF. beivre, boivre, to drink, fr. L. bibere.] A light repast between meals; a lunch. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Bever — Be ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bevered} (?).] To take a light repast between meals. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15Bevered — Bever Be ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bevered} (?).] To take a light repast between meals. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16Collation — Col*la tion, n. [OE. collacioun speech, conference, reflection, OF. collacion, F. collation, fr. L. collatio a bringing together, comparing, fr. collatum (used as the supine of conferre); col + latium (used as the supine of ferre to bear), for… …

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  • 17Collation of seals — Collation Col*la tion, n. [OE. collacioun speech, conference, reflection, OF. collacion, F. collation, fr. L. collatio a bringing together, comparing, fr. collatum (used as the supine of conferre); col + latium (used as the supine of ferre to… …

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  • 18Lunch — (l[u^]nch), n. [Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov. Eng. nunc a lump.] A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime. [1913 Webster +PJC] …

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  • 19Snag — 1. sausage (probably British dialect snag , variant of snack light repast, morsel of food, from snack = bite); 2. man who embodies all the attributes of the New Age philosophy, such as sensitivity to others, an ability to articulate feelings, an… …

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  • 20snag — Australian Slang 1. sausage (probably British dialect snag , variant of snack light repast, morsel of food, from snack = bite); 2. man who embodies all the attributes of the New Age philosophy, such as sensitivity to others, an ability to… …

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