ploughman's lunch

(Cookery) a snack lunch, served esp in a pub, consisting of bread and cheese with pickle

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ploughman's lunch - a meal consisting of a sandwich of bread and cheese and a salad

meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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