(UK) A woman employed to prepare, serve or supervise school dinners.
(UK) A woman employed to prepare, serve or supervise school dinners.
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(British, informal) A woman employed to serve food in a school or work canteen.
Lunch lady is the American term for the cafeteria worker — usually a woman — who serves food to students in a school dining hall. The role carries a specific cultural weight in American popular culture: lunch ladies appear in countless films, TV shows, and comedy sketches, often depicted as formidable, hairnetted figures wielding industrial ladles. The term is used affectionately rather than disparagingly, and real-life lunch ladies are often celebrated figures in their school communities.
(US) A dinner lady.
(British, informal) A man employed to serve food in a school or work canteen.
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