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Definition of Free lunch
1. Noun. Something acquired without effort or payment or obligation. "There is no free lunch in politics or Hollywood"
Definition of Free lunch
1. Noun. (idiomatic) Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Free Lunch
Literary usage of Free lunch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1904)
"A BIRDS' free lunch ONE winter, during four or five weeks of severe weather,
several of our winter birds were pensioners upon my bounty, — three blue jays, ..."
2. Forty Years an Advertising Agent, 1865-1905 by George Presbury Rowell (1906)
"The only time I ever saw him was at a sort of free lunch reception given by HT
Helmbold in his Broadway store near the old Metropolitan Hotel in New York ..."
3. Substitutes for the Saloon by Calkins, Raymond, Committee of Fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem (1901)
"The free lunch is free only in the sense that when a man has bought a drink, he
is not charged for eating. But it is undeniable that the workingman, ..."
4. If Christ Came to Chicago: A Plea for the Union of All who Love in the by William Thomas Stead (1894)
"The free lunch has been saved from the destroying hand of reform. ... But it was
in no sordid spirit of profit and loss that the free lunch was discussed by ..."
5. Wake-robin by John Burroughs (1904)
"A BIRDS' free lunch ONE winter, during four or five weeks of severe weather,
several of our winter birds were pensioners upon my bounty,— three blue ..."
6. Far and Near by John Burroughs (1904)
"A BIRDS' free lunch ONE winter, during four or five weeks of severe weather,
several of our winter birds were pensioners upon my bounty, ..."
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