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lunch money

lunch money noun: an allowance of money given by parents to their children for food purchases and other items.

Noun

lunch money (uncountable)

  1. An allowance of money given by parents to their children for food purchases and other items.

Questions about lunch money

What does lunch money mean?
Lunch money means an allowance of money given by parents to their children for food purchases and other items.
What part of speech is lunch money?
Lunch money is a noun.

Words near lunch money in the dictionary

  1. lunch kettles
  2. lunch ladies
  3. lunch lady
  4. lunch meat
  5. lunch meats
  6. lunch money
  7. lunch out
  8. lunch pail
  9. lunch pail Democrat
  10. lunch pail Democrats
  11. lunch pails

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