plough·man's lunch | \ ˈplau̇-mənz- 
\
\Definition of ploughman's lunch
: a cold lunch served especially in an English pub typically including bread, cheese, and pickled onions
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on ploughman's lunch
What made you want to look up ploughman's lunch? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Namesakes Word Quiz
- Which of the following is a fruit named after a Moroccan seaport?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
Share ploughman's lunch
Time Traveler for ploughman's lunch
The first known use of ploughman's lunch was in 1944
See more words from the same year