school dinner lady

English

Alternative forms

• school-dinner lady

Noun

school dinner lady (plural school dinner ladies)

1. (UK) A woman employed to prepare, serve or supervise school dinners.

   Synonyms: (UK, informal) dinner lady, (US) lunch lady

   • 1982 May 25, “Pupils may be sent home”, in Herald Express, page 2:

     The action is in support of schooldinner ladies who have been told by the county council that their holiday pay is being stopped.

   • 1986 June 27, The London Standard, page 21:

     Jill Bennett recreates her superb characterisation of a school-dinners’ lady with an appetite more for a bit of roly-poly than jam.