brunch
[ bruhnch ]
/ brʌntʃ /
noun
verb (used without object)
to eat brunch: They brunch at 11:00 on Sunday.
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Origin of brunch
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brunch
/ (brʌntʃ) /
noun
a meal eaten late in the morning, combining breakfast with lunch
Word Origin for brunch
C20: from br (eakfast) + (l) unch
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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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