"dry lunch" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-dry lunch.ogg [Australia] Forms: dry lunches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry lunch (plural dry lunches)
  1. A lunch that is not accompanied by alcohol Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-dry_lunch-en-noun-NOBruWa9 Disambiguation of People: 97 3
  2. (England, slang) A contemptible or uncool person Tags: England, slang
    Sense id: en-dry_lunch-en-noun-4a23Japj Categories (other): English English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87

Inflected forms

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