sack lunch

English translation: packed lunch, brown bag lunch

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English term or phrase:sack lunch
Selected answer:packed lunch, brown bag lunch
Entered by: Oso (X)

07:18 Mar 8, 2005
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Food & Drink
English term or phrase: sack lunch
Each day, there are different choices, like Lunch 1, Lunch 2, a salad, a sack lunch, yhogurt, or a baked potato.

What is the meaning of 'sack lunch'?
Ketan
packed lunch, brown bag lunch
Explanation:
Usually includes things like:
Sandwich, fresh fruit or veggie, 1oz chips, Cookie and Milk.

Good luck from Oso ¶:^)
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4 +13packed lunch, brown bag lunch
Oso (X)
5 +5packed lunch
Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
5packed meal for lunch
Dina Abdo


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
packed lunch, brown bag lunch


Explanation:
Usually includes things like:
Sandwich, fresh fruit or veggie, 1oz chips, Cookie and Milk.

Good luck from Oso ¶:^)

Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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agree  Carmen Schultz: ditto
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
packed lunch


Explanation:
packed lunch

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-03-08 07:23:18 GMT)
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Ref: http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/sack lunch

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-03-08 07:26:52 GMT)
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Another Ref:
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.cletheroe/usa_can/lang/s.ht...

Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Bangladesh
Local time: 05:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carmen Schultz: also, it usually refers to it being bagged in a brown paper sack. There are even luncneon events called brown bag lunches in US
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agree  Kirill Semenov
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agree  Margaret Lagoyianni: packed lunch in UK
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
packed meal for lunch


Explanation:
Sack lunch refers to a packed full meal that would contain the basics of the main chosen meal in addition to salad, cheese or butter,a hot or cold drink, and maybe sweets. These meals are usually chosen as a whole not in separated components

Dina Abdo
Palestine
Local time: 01:16
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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