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lose one's lunch
lose one's lunch
Vomit, as in When Anne saw the wound, she thought she'd lose her lunch. This expression does not usually refer to a specific meal and probably survives because of alliteration. [Colloquial; c. 1940]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Jaya | | - | Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi |
CeallachÁN | | - | Irish |
Mayra | | - | Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic) |
Federico | | fe-dhe-REE-ko (Spanish), fe-de-REE-ko (Italian) | Spanish, Italian |
Ashley | | ['æʃli] | |
Tacey | | - | English (Archaic) |