Meanings
- uncountableThe dishes used for serving lunch.
When we moved to Brooklyn and Dan couldn’t come home for lunch anymore, we invested in a wonderful stainless-steel lunchware set so he could take leftovers with him to work.
2015, Annie Shannon, Dan Shannon, Mastering the Art of Vegan Cooking: Over 200 Delicious Recipes and Tips to Save You Money and Stock Your Pantry, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Grand Central Life & Style, →ISBN, page 1683 more examples
They telephoned me to ask me if I would like to g-give a luncheon for my . . . and they would bring everything and do all the work and afterward s-serve . . . s-sell their lunchware to my . . . my . . .
1955, William Gaddis, The Recognitions, Bard Books, →ISBN, page 807Starting this month, used lunchware from three Thomasville schools will be collected in plastic bags, shipped to Brooklyn and turned into rulers, insulation board and reusable lunch trays.
1990 April 23, Time, volume 135, number 17, →ISSN, page 82To Graze Organics, LapTop Lunches, Planet Box, Oots, Black + Blum, So Young, Ella’s Kitchen, Brinware, Pottery Barn Kids, Lunchbots, Wawabots, Wean Green, Zojirushi, Acme Party Box, BA Friend, and House Jewels for furnishing me with your incredible products and making reusable lunchware a joy to use day after day.
2013, Catherine McCord, Weelicious Lunches: Think Outside the Lunch Box with More than 160 Happier Meals, William Morrow, →ISBN, page 303
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