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

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

Historical Examples

He came up to town at the lunch-hour next day, and asked to see her.
The Devourers
Annie Vivanti Chartres
Now that you are here and it is lunch-hour, why not come with me.
Polly in New York
Lillian Elizabeth Roy
If necessary I shall run round to Bond Street in my lunch-hour.
Mr. Prohack
E. Arnold Bennett
Whenever possible during the lunch-hour rush, Jane stopped to smile and talk to the child.
Foundling on Venus
John 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 Essays
Willa Cather

lunch hour

Examples from the Web for lunch hour

Contemporary Examples

Today is session three of the five-week lunch-hour course, “Meditation in Everyday Life,” at the New York Shambhala Center.

Historical Examples

He came up to town at the lunch-hour next day, and asked to see her.

Now that you are here and it is lunch-hour, why not come with me.

If necessary I shall run round to Bond Street in my lunch-hour.

Whenever possible during the lunch-hour rush, Jane stopped to smile and talk to the child.

Her exemptions and privileges, her patronizing remarks, formed an exhaustless subject of conversation at the lunch-hour.