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dinner lady

British  

noun

  1. a female cook or canteen worker in a school

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She was only meant to provide cover for one week as a school dinner lady - but Pat Limb stayed and is still working there 40 years on.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025

At lunchtime, dinner lady Mrs Smalley keeps an eye on the children who don't have enough food at home.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025

The Ballymena Daily says Kitty's community remembers her "her working as a dinner lady at St. Louis School."

From Fox News ● Jun. 7, 2020

Where else do you hang out with a barrister, a dinner lady, a teenage mum and an actress?

From The Guardian ● May 31, 2014

Her parents ran a school in Northampton, and the dinner lady was her Auntie Corinne, who cooked fish and chips, Caribbean and the occasional Chinese.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2011

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