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lunchrooms

  • plural
    of lunchroom.
    lunchroom
    noun
    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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Such “kid-friendly” foods have become the American norm, served every day in restaurants, school lunchrooms and millions of homes.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 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

There were no such places as lunchrooms and tearooms in my early days, and the only restaurant of respectability was George W. Browne's "eating house," which was largely frequented by New Yorkers.

From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur