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lunchtime

/ˈlʌnt͡ʃtaɪm/ noun A2
  1. The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A break in work or school to eat lunch. (countable, uncountable) · It's almost lunchtime, so I think I'll finish up later this afternoon.

Plural lunchtimes

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Simultaneous interpreting is a peculiar kind of exhaustion: you sit perfectly still for hours, yet by lunchtime your brain feels as though it has run a marathon.
An Interpreter's Diary, p. 1 · C2
Another dabbawala loads the boxes onto a wooden cart and delivers them by lunchtime.
The Lunchbox Men of Mumbai, p. 1 · B2

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