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luncheon bar

luncheon bar noun: a counter serving lunches in a restaurant.

Noun

luncheon bar (plural luncheon bars)

  1. (dated) A counter serving lunches in a restaurant.
    • The oyster shops form a set of luncheon bars by themselves; but there is a considerable variety on some of the counters. Pickled salmon and soused mackerel appear to be the favourite delicacies […]1870, London Society, volume 17, page 244
    • The West End luncheon bars have, I think, made a considerable improvement of late years. They cannot indeed cook a mutton-chop or a beef-steak. That interesting branch of the fine arts has never flourished west of Temple Bar.1890, Frederick Arnold, The Philosopher in Slippers: Zigzag Views of Life and Society

Forms of luncheon bar

pluralluncheon bars

Questions about luncheon bar

What does luncheon bar mean?
Luncheon bar means a counter serving lunches in a restaurant.
What part of speech is luncheon bar?
Luncheon bar is a noun.
What is the plural of luncheon bar?
The plural of luncheon bar is luncheon bars.

Words near luncheon bar in the dictionary

  1. lunched in
  2. lunched out
  3. lunchee
  4. lunchees
  5. luncheon
  6. luncheon bar
  7. luncheon bars
  8. luncheon cart
  9. luncheon carts
  10. luncheon meat
  11. luncheon meats

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