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名詞

luncheonware (uncountable)

1. The dishes used for serving a luncheon.
   • 1928 November 26, The Evening Gazette, volume XLVII, number 282, Xenia, Ohio, page sixteen:

     31 pieces of perfect luncheonware—beautifully decorated and perfectly proportioned.

   • 1961, Frank Hercules, Where the Hummingbird Flies, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, LCCN 61-6643, page 23:

     And within the houses of the townsfolk were slow-moving flies and a sound of the scraping of soiled luncheonware.

   • 1968, Richard S. Gillmer, Death of a Business: The Red Wing Potteries, Minneapolis, Minn.: Ross & Haines, Inc., LCCN 68-25961, page 24:

     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.

   • 2005, Susan Wittig Albert, Dead Man’s Bones, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 229:

     She had set the table with watermelon place mats and her favorite green pottery luncheonware.

   • 2008, Jane Greenhill, I Was a Teenage Alien, The Wild Rose Press, →ISBN, page 43:

     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.