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Definition of Nuncheons
1. nuncheon [n] - See also: nuncheon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuncheons
Literary usage of Nuncheons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"When laying by their swords and truncheons They took their breakfasts or their
nuncheons." —Hudibras, pt. ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... by their swords and truncheons, They took their breakfasts or their nuncheons.
But let that pass at present, lest We should forget where we ..."
3. Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and by William Carew Hazlitt (1905)
"... (nuncheons or luncheons)." Other entries respecting the Rood-loft occur in
the above-cited accounts : " Also payd for a rolle and 2 ..."
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