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school dinner lady

school dinner lady noun: a woman employed to prepare, serve or supervise school dinners.

Noun

school dinner lady (plural school dinner ladies)

  1. (UK) A woman employed to prepare, serve or supervise school dinners.
    • The action is in support of schooldinner ladies who have been told by the county council that their holiday pay is being stopped.[1982 May 25, “Pupils may be sent home”, in Herald Express, page 2
    • Jill Bennett recreates her superb characterisation of a school-dinners’ lady with an appetite more for a bit of roly-poly than jam.[1986 June 27, The London Standard, page 21

Synonyms of school dinner lady

Forms of school dinner lady

pluralschool dinner ladies
alternative formschool-dinner lady

Questions about school dinner lady

What does school dinner lady mean?
School dinner lady means a woman employed to prepare, serve or supervise school dinners.
What part of speech is school dinner lady?
School dinner lady is a noun.
What is the plural of school dinner lady?
The plural of school dinner lady is school dinner ladies.

Words near school dinner lady in the dictionary

  1. school crossing attendants
  2. school day
  3. school days
  4. school dinner
  5. school dinner ladies
  6. school dinner lady
  7. school dinners
  8. school district
  9. school districts
  10. school division
  11. school divisions

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