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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Examples from the Web for lunch hour
Contemporary Examples of lunch hour
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 SexAllison Yarrow
February 11, 2012
Historical Examples of lunch hour
He came up to town at the lunch-hour next day, and asked to see her.
The DevourersAnnie Vivanti Chartres
Now that you are here and it is lunch-hour, why not come with me.
Polly in New YorkLillian Elizabeth Roy
If necessary I shall run round to Bond Street in my lunch-hour.
Mr. ProhackE. Arnold Bennett
Whenever possible during the lunch-hour rush, Jane stopped to smile and talk to the child.
Foundling on VenusJohn de Courcy
Her exemptions and privileges, her patronizing remarks, formed an exhaustless subject of conversation at the lunch-hour.
A Collection of Stories, Reviews and EssaysWilla Cather