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Okay, I wish I could have watched Star Wars on my lunch break.
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So have we concluded the
"lunch" question????
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Well, let see: I can breakfast (or break my fast), I can lunch, dine, sup, or snack; but can I tea?
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You can breakfast, you can lunch, you can snack, but you can't dinner and you can't supper. Dine and sup don't quite hack it.
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Aw, have a heart. I know that those verbs are not identical to the nouns. My point is that there is a verb at least closely related to the noun for each of these meals; is there such a thing for tea, or any other meals that should be added to the list?
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Well, let see: I can breakfast (or break my fast), I can lunch, dine, sup, or snack; but can I tea? you might tee off, but thats a different word 
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you might tee off, but thats a different word Something in the forenoon?
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Well, let see: I can breakfast (or break my fast), I can lunch, dine, sup, or snack; but can I tea? 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows xxxvi, I breakfast, tea, and sup my lodgers. 1892 F. J. Furnivall Hoccleve's Minor Poems Introd. 47 We dined on the bank opposite Hampton Court and teaed on Tatham's island.
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I'm hungry after reading all this: must go brunch or snack.
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