单词 | bruncheon |
释义 | bruncheonn. Chiefly U.S. A meal, typically eaten late in the morning, combining elements of breakfast and lunch.Often used (sometimes humorously or ironically) to denote a larger or more formal meal than brunch n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > brunch or pre-lunch pre-luncheon1873 brunch1895 bruncheon1912 1912 Standard 24 Dec. 3/7 The dweller in the suburbs cuts his breakfast..and makes up for it with a ‘bruncheon’ of steak and kidney pie and apple pudding. 1918 Chicago Tribune 13 Jan. viii. 5/3 The way a Greenwich village bruncheon party talks about the absent ones—..there is no more entertaining and illuminating chatting. 1959 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 5 Mar. 10/1 Entertaining at bruncheon is an idea that has captivated hostesses from coast to coast. 1980 Austral. Women's Weekly 16 July 1/1 I'll be taking part in a special bruncheon put on by the Save the Children Fund to launch their Stop Polio Campaign. 2008 S. Schuffman Broke-ass Stuart's Guide living cheaply in N.Y. 84 Even though I had been meaning to check out Bluestockings ever since..I first walked by, it wasn't till after a drunken bruncheon at Essex that I finally made it in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1912 |
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