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dry lunches

dry lunches is the plural of dry lunch.

Meaning of dry lunch

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

Questions about dry lunches

What is dry lunches the plural of?
Dry lunches is the plural of dry lunch.

Words near dry lunches in the dictionary

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

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