English Explanatory Dictionary

ploughman's lunch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light meal of bread, cheese, and pickled onions (or cucumbers), etc., especially one served in a pub at lunchtime.

Word forms

ploughman's lunch ploughman's lunches ploughmen's lunches

Etymology

Originally devised by a marketing executive of the Dairy Council in a 1960-61 advertising campaign to sell English cheese and beer.

Related words

ploughman's sandwich ploughperson
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