lunch counter

noun

1
: a long counter at which lunches are sold
2

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Ultimately, every kind of restaurant — from fine-dining institutions to neighborhood lunch counters — is forced to layoff staff and hope there will be a restaurant to reopen later. New York Times, 7 May 2025 When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation. Katya Cengel, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025 How The Controversy Started Last week, a report from Black Press USA suggested that the Greensboro lunch counter display — a centerpiece artifact from the Civil Rights Movement — would be removed from the National Museum of American History. Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025 The store with the old oak floor was so charming, the middle-aged writers who hung around the lunch counter ordering vegan BLTs were charming. Hayley Krischer, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunch counter

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of lunch counter was in 1869

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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20counter. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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