elevenern.
/ɪˈlɛvənə/ 1. An eleven-o'-clock meal, a luncheon.
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1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words (at cited word) Bever, the 'levener—this..is the interstitial snack between the prime and the next.
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Elevener, a luncheon.
2. One who takes a drink at 11 a.m. rare. U.S.
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1807 C. W. Janson Stranger in Amer. xxii. 299 I know of no custom more destructive than that which is practised by slingers and eleveners.
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n.1807- stringing along
- stringing course
- stringing nail
- stringing spot
- stringing up
- stringing-deal
- stringing-line
- stringing-machine
- stringingdeal
- stringingline
- stringingmachine
- stringings
- stringjack
- stringless
- stringlet
- stringlike
- stringline
- stringmaker
- stringmetal
- stringmoulding
- stringpea
- stringpiece
- stringpieces
- stringpin
- stringplate