brunch
[bruhnch]
- to eat brunch: They brunch at 11:00 on Sunday.
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Origin of brunch
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Contemporary Examples
My father had visited the States years before we moved here and was totally taken by this American concept of brunch.
In Paris, you can go to the Brooklyn Café, or have brunch à la Brooklyn.
Brunch is a catalyst, brunch is the enforcer of different-rules-for-the-weekend.
Oh dear, the New York Times has pronounced brunch as done, over, declaring, “Brunch is for jerks.”
A New York Times article says brunch is over-rated and for “jerks.”
Historical Examples
He took the neck of her brunch coat in his fist and jerked downward.
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
At brunch he kept his eyes open, and before too long Panek came into the dining room for his lunch.
Man of Many MindsE. Everett Evans
Rick and Scotty slept late the following morning and were awakened for brunch by Dr. Miller.
The Blue Ghost MysteryHarold Leland Goodwin
brunch
- a meal eaten late in the morning, combining breakfast with lunch
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Word Origin
C20: from br (eakfast) + (l) unch
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Word Origin and History for brunch
1896, British student slang merger of breakfast and lunch.
To be fashionable nowadays we must 'brunch'. Truly an excellent portmanteau word, introduced, by the way, last year, by Mr. Guy Beringer, in the now defunct Hunter's Weekly, and indicating a combined breakfast and lunch. ["Punch," Aug. 1, 1896]
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