lunchroom
Americannoun
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lunchrooms
plural
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a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
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a luncheonette.
noun
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Origin of lunchroom
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He’s fine when his background characters are just palling around the lunchroom, but the POV approach is hard on his leads, even talents like Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Elwood’s grandmother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
At Mankato West High School, years before he joined the political scene, a young Mr Walz taught geography and social studies, supervised the lunchroom and coached the football team.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
It may be your bridge club, it may be your dinner table, it may be the lunchroom break conversation that you have.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2023
"The haves and the have-nots in the school lunchroom is not a necessary thing," Walz said.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2023
After school our team meets in the lunchroom and Coach quickly hands out permission forms and a practice schedule that begins the day after Thanksgiving.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Children can be at risk particularly in school lunchrooms, where they often eat quickly and are distracted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
During the five in-person meetings, people sat at small tables in school lunchrooms with a facilitator and answered three questions: What are your favorite things about your school buildings?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
Unfortunately, though, the same attitude that led to gamers being bullied in the hallways of high school lunchrooms has not entirely left our culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2018
In those days, few alternatives existed for students turned off by bell schedules, crowded lunchrooms and teen drama.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2018
Restrooms and lunchrooms, mit a trained nurse and Gott weiss was noch!
From The Competitive Nephew by Montague Glass
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