"luncheonware" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1928 November 26, The Evening Gazette, volume XLVII, number 282, Xenia, Ohio, page sixteen",
          "text": "31 pieces of perfect luncheonware—beautifully decorated and perfectly proportioned.",
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          "ref": "1961, Frank Hercules, Where the Hummingbird Flies, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, →LCCN, page 23",
          "text": "And within the houses of the townsfolk were slow-moving flies and a sound of the scraping of soiled luncheonware.",
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          "ref": "1968, Richard S. Gillmer, Death of a Business: The Red Wing Potteries, Minneapolis, Minn.: Ross & Haines, Inc., →LCCN, page 24",
          "text": "Red Wing’s pottery has been fortunate in securing a good market for its wares in the quality field - largely because it has been a leader in luncheonware design.",
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          "ref": "2005, Susan Wittig Albert, Dead Man’s Bones, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, page 229",
          "text": "She had set the table with watermelon place mats and her favorite green pottery luncheonware.",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Jane Greenhill, I Was a Teenage Alien, The Wild Rose Press, page 43",
          "text": "My mawl P.B. flew into the doorway and dropped his metal luncheonware container on the dirt floor before embracing me in a tight hug.",
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        "The dishes used for serving a luncheon."
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