school dinner lady

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Noun

school dinner lady (plural school dinner ladies)

  1. (UK) A woman employed to prepare, serve or supervise school dinners.
    Synonyms: (UK, informal) dinner lady, (US) lunch lady
    • 1982 May 25, “Pupils may be sent home”, in Herald Express, page 2:
      The action is in support of schooldinner ladies who have been told by the county council that their holiday pay is being stopped.
    • 1986 June 27, The London Standard, page 21:
      Jill Bennett recreates her superb characterisation of a school-dinners’ lady with an appetite more for a bit of roly-poly than jam.
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