"lunchee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lunchees [plural]
Etymology: From lunch + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lunch|ee}} lunch + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} lunchee (plural lunchees)
  1. One who is treated to lunch by another person. Categories (topical): People

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Business is finally and gradually crept up on with careful avoidance of any implications that the lunch exists specifically to enhance the lunchee's opinions about the lunchor and the lunchor's assessment of the lunchee.",
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          "ref": "2008, Stephen Bayley, Roger Mavity, Life's a Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Brilliant Ideas, page 213:",
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