(n.) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.
(v. i.) To take luncheon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Of 106 persons identified as eating the luncheon, 60 (56.6 per cent) became ill.
(2) On Day 3, they ate fish at the luncheon and dinner meals.
(3) We spoke with Sheypuk (DS) and Hammer (CH), who met at a cerebral palsy luncheon and became fast friends, about the show and their shared goal to change the fashion industry.
(4) Dr. Waugaman presented the information in this article to more than 700 students who attended a Student Luncheon on August 6.
(5) October 15, 2013 7.48pm BST Democratic Senators emerged from what some said was one of the most frustrated luncheon meetings they'd ever witnessed, Guardian Washington correspondent Paul Lewis (@ PaulLewis ) reports: A visibly angry Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, summarized the mood when he said John Boehner had killed the momentum that had gathered behind their bipartisan deal.
(6) An outbreak of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning occurred among attendees of a firehouse luncheon.
(7) And those 10 days always broke down the same way: we’d go out looking for exteriors, do pick-up shots and informal portraits at resorts or luncheons and then set up the big shoot in the house.” What was he like to work for?
(8) Lady Jekyll's "Luncheon for a Motor Excursion" from Kitchen Essays is a case in point; she paints a wonderful portrait of a picnic furnished with "the luncheon-basket from among the wedding presents of a richer age", and that essential thermos of mulled claret.
(9) December 8, 2014 At the luncheon, Kate met with several successful Britons living in New York, including actor Matthew Rhys.
(10) In occupational rehabilitation they are concerned with monthly luncheon, play entertainment games, go to movies, beauty parlors, ceramics, sewing activities, learning to read and write, and some parties in relevant national dates, all this at the hospital premises.
(11) The diplomats, we meet each other, we go to each other's receptions, we are sometimes invited by colleagues to attend a dinner or a working luncheon.
(12) Ammonia content in relation with sensory changes was studied in four kinds of meat cans (Pork in Natural Juice, Beef with Bacon, Luncheon Meat, and Liver Pâté), stored for 36 months under constant conditions (average temperature 21 degrees C. average relative humidity 73%).
(13) In the wake of the uproar, DeVos made a more concerted effort to acknowledge the barriers to education faced by African Americans while addressing a luncheon with HBCU leaders in Washington on Tuesday.
(14) The luncheon meat samples gave the lowest total bacterial counts and seemed to be free of coliforms.
(15) The incriminated meal was a salad buffet luncheon served on May 31.
(16) And now, Lady Diana having departed to that great Hons Cupboard in the sky, there remains only the octogenarian Duchess of Devonshire, the sprightliest literary luncheon-goer imaginable, and the only person I have ever met to have spoken to Hitler.
(17) If extended home care is not feasible, the creative diabetes educator will devise other educational opportunities, such as home videos, telephone support networks, special childbirth classes for women with gestational diabetes, and luncheon meetings at which nutritionally correct meals are served.
(18) (It was there I learned of a local hostess, a well-to-do lady with liberal intentions and a comically earnest air, who had thrown a luncheon at her penthouse "to rap about rape.")
(19) In 2014, Trump told a press luncheon that he “spoke, indirectly and directly, with President Putin, who could not have been nicer”.
(20) Black children reported more servings of eggs, luncheon meat, pork, poultry, and total protein than did white children.
Puncheon
Definition:
(n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
(n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
(n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons.
(n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
Example Sentences:
(1) But they were punctured by Puncheon yet again when the midfielder cut across the Everton defence and picked out Jerome inside the area.
(2) City had to grind out this latest success, initially scorched by the pace of Yannick Bolasie, Wilfried Zaha and Bakary Sako and grateful to Joe Hart’s flying save to deny Jason Puncheon after the interval.
(3) Jason Puncheon is a lovely, careful passer of the ball and here he out-Cesc’ed Chelsea’s own midfield creator for long periods of the game, strolling about to great effect in his central playmaker role.
(4) Jason Puncheon curled a free-kick just wide, Dwight Gayle headed over and Yannick Bolasie’s introduction made life more awkward for Calum Chambers.
(5) Jason Puncheon, on as a half-time substitute, cancelled out Juan Mata’s early penalty when his free-kick flicked off Daley Blind’s head in the 57th minute and Palace fancied their chances.
(6) Puncheon's long free-kick was met by Marouane Chamakh on the edge of the six-yard box, and although the substitute's header was saved by David Marshall, using his legs, the ball ran to Ledley who nudged it home, almost apologetically.
(7) Puncheon marked his new four-year contract at Selhurst Park by sweeping the set piece into the bottom corner.
(8) 9.23pm BST 65 min: Crystal Palace substitution: Dwight Gayle on for Jason Puncheon.
(9) If they had hoped to mount a recovery, then a failure to clear Puncheon’s free-kick – another conceded needlessly by Marko Arnautovic – 19 minutes from time scuppered their aspirations.
(10) Puncheon’s goal left Palace on the brink of the greatest result in their 110-year history and the glory could still have gone their way if another substitute, Dwight Gayle, had managed to beat De Gea with their best chance of extra-time, with the score at 1-1.
(11) Ince joins a long list of other new recruits: Joe Ledley from Celtic, Scott Dann from Blackburn, Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, and Jason Puncheon of Southampton (whose loan deal has been made permanent).
(12) Mariappa, Puncheon and Chamakh are working some neat moves on that side though.
(13) The ball is eventually worked out to Puncheon, whose neat chipped pass looks to have put Murray in but his shot is blocked and the flag for offside was up anyway.
(14) Marouane Chamakh started ahead of Dwight Gayle, the newly signed Jason Puncheon and José Campaña, the highly regarded young midfielder bought from Sevilla.
(15) Puncheon jinked back inside the area; he felt Mata catch his standing foot and down he went.
(16) After the substitute Graziano Pellè, with a trademark hanging header from Cuco Martina’s cross, had swapped second-half goals with Jason Puncheon – whose clean left-footer was the pick of the afternoon – Mané outpaced Adrian Mariappa to win a penalty that was converted confidently by Ryan Bertrand.
(17) The temperature went up and, with United looking uncertain, it was no surprise when Puncheon fashioned the equaliser, after Smalling had conceded a free-kick 25 yards from goal.
(18) Honourable mentions also to our talented wide players, Yannick Bolasie and Jason Puncheon, who improved significantly as the season unfolded.
(19) The London club have freed up the space for Ince by turning Jason Puncheon's loan from Southampton into a £1.7m permanent transfer.
(20) 4.55pm BST 44 mins Palace almost get one back straight away as Puncheon curls the ball in for Jerome at the far post, which he just misses, though the linesman's flag is up.