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dry lunch

dry lunch noun: a lunch that is not accompanied by alcohol.

Noun

dry lunch (plural dry lunches)

  1. A lunch that is not accompanied by alcohol.
  2. (England, slang) A contemptible or uncool person.
    • Who's the dry lunch?
      That's Terry. He's the one you headbutted.
      Oi, lunch, show us your face.2009, The Firm

Antonyms of dry lunch

Forms of dry lunch

pluraldry lunches

Questions about dry lunch

What does dry lunch mean?
Dry lunch means a lunch that is not accompanied by alcohol.
What part of speech is dry lunch?
Dry lunch is a noun.
What is the plural of dry lunch?
The plural of dry lunch is dry lunches.

Words near dry lunch in the dictionary

  1. dry lights
  2. dry line
  3. dry lines
  4. dry lodging
  5. dry lodgings
  6. dry lunch
  7. dry lunches
  8. dry marker
  9. dry markers
  10. dry market
  11. dry markets

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