Crossword clues for nuncheon
nuncheon
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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n. (context now dialectal archaic English) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.
Usage examples of "nuncheon".
The Squire, peckish after his ride, had just disposed of a substantial nuncheon, and Tom, having talked himself out of arguments, had been preserving for the past ten minutes a silence pregnant with resentment.
She would save the Lemon Street dressmakers, corsetieres and readymade establishments for after nuncheon when, hopefully, she would have bored the steward sufficiently enough to afford herself some privacy while he tended to his business.
By the time the letter reached Undershaw she was much more anxious than she cared to betray to Nurse, who had been prophesying disaster ever since the discovery that Aubrey had not come home to share a nuncheon with his sister.
For the received birthday presents (no doubt as a relic of the customs of small ancient families) must be delivered in person, properly on the eve of the Day, and at latest before nuncheon on the Day.