school dinner lady

plural school dinner ladies · alternative school-dinner lady

1. UKA woman employed to prepare, serve or supervise school dinners.

   The action is in support of schooldinner ladies who have been told by the county council that their holiday pay is being stopped.

   [1982 May 25, “Pupils may be sent home”, in Herald Express, page 2

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   Jill Bennett recreates her superb characterisation of a school-dinners’ lady with an appetite more for a bit of roly-poly than jam.

   [1986 June 27, The London Standard, page 21

   Synonyms: dinner lady, lunch lady