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lunchee

lunchee noun: one who is treated to lunch by another person.

Noun

lunchee (plural lunchees)

  1. One who is treated to lunch by another person.
    • Business is finally and gradually crept up on with careful avoidance of any implications that the lunch exists specifically to enhance the lunchee's opinions about the lunchor and the lunchor's assessment of the lunchee.1998, Mortimer Levitt, Theodore Levitt, Thinking About Management, page 147
    • If the luncher, choose venue carefully, reconnoitre loos. If lunchee, be prompt, but not early.2008, Stephen Bayley, Roger Mavity, Life's a Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Brilliant Ideas, page 213

Forms of lunchee

plurallunchees

Origin of lunchee

From lunch + -ee.

Questions about lunchee

What does lunchee mean?
Lunchee means one who is treated to lunch by another person.
What part of speech is lunchee?
Lunchee is a noun.
What is the plural of lunchee?
The plural of lunchee is lunchees.

Words near lunchee in the dictionary

  1. lunchbucket Democrats
  2. lunchbuckets
  3. lunched
  4. lunched in
  5. lunched out
  6. lunchee
  7. lunchees
  8. luncheon
  9. luncheon bar
  10. luncheon bars
  11. luncheon cart

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