OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 53102

nuncheon

Meanings (ES + gloss)
merienda
A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.
"Yes---I left London this morning at eight o'clock, and the only ten minutes I have spent out of my chaise since that time, procured me a noonchine at Marlborough."
They used to break their fast, and nonchion [translating collation] between meals, and all summer-time had men that sold snowe up and down the streets, wherewith they refreshed the…
Phrases
No hay frases