Dutch lunch

Or dutch lunch

noun

1. an individual portion or serving of cold cuts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dutch lunch¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

He put on the Grateful Dead and made me a “Dutch lunch”: a slab of dark rye with peanut butter and Indonesian hot sauce, accompanied by a hunk of aged Gouda.

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The parties, it appeared, was givin' a Dutch lunch to a gang of their friends at 5 A.M. of a morning, and that was bad enough in a place that was well kep' up; but in the sicin' place they got scrappin', which had swiftly resulted in an ambulance call for the host and lessee, and the patrol wagon for his friends that were not in much better shape thimselves, praise Gawd.

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He must buy things to hang on the walls, especially over certain stains on the wall of the parlour, or throne-room, to which in the heat of battle, doubtless, certain items of the late Dutch lunch had been misdirected.

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Then he had $40 worth of Dutch Lunch sent in from the Rathskeller and arranged the Stacks of Reds, Whites, and Blues.

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Phoebe Snow called him to say that she hadn't meant what she said, that he was a good old scout, and that the rate clerk was sorry also, and wanted to stand treat for a Dutch lunch.

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