lunch hour

noun

Also called: lunch break a break in the middle of the working day, usually of one hour, during which lunch may be eaten
Also called: lunch time the time at which lunch is usually eaten

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How to use lunch hour in a sentence

Today is session three of the five-week lunch-hour course, “Meditation in Everyday Life,” at the New York Shambhala Center.
Meditation Teacher Lodro Rinzler Rebrands Buddhism to Deal with Drinking and Sex | Allison Yarrow | February 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Now that you are here and it is lunch-hour, why not come with me.
Polly in New York | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Even at lunch-hour Una could not come to much understanding with the girls of the commercial college.
The Job | Sinclair Lewis
He even took advantage of his lunch-hour to make a declaration of the birth at the mayor's.
L'Assommoir | Emile Zola
Men go to their work reluctant and resentful and reach out for the support which the lunch-hour brings.
The Green Rust | Edgar Wallace

By that time Mr. Bonbright was on hand with his sheaf of telegrams, and the lunch-hour was at hand ere they were cleaned up.
The Little Lady of the Big House | Jack London

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