Dutch lunch

or dutch lunch

noun

1. an individual portion or serving of cold cuts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dutch lunch¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

He put on the Grateful Dead and made me a “Dutch lunch”: a slab of dark rye with peanut butter and Indonesian hot sauce, accompanied by a hunk of aged Gouda.

From The New Yorker

He didn't know that all of them Knocked after they got around the Dutch Lunch.

From Project Gutenberg

He didn't know that all of them Knocked after they got around the Dutch Lunch.

From Project Gutenberg

The parties, it appeared, was givin' a Dutch lunch to a gang of their friends at 5 A.M. of a morning, and that was bad enough in a place that was well kep' up; but in the sicin' place they got scrappin', which had swiftly resulted in an ambulance call for the host and lessee, and the patrol wagon for his friends that were not in much better shape thimselves, praise Gawd.

From Project Gutenberg

He must buy things to hang on the walls, especially over certain stains on the wall of the parlour, or throne-room, to which in the heat of battle, doubtless, certain items of the late Dutch lunch had been misdirected.

From Project Gutenberg