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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 |
Ibb | | - | Medieval English |
Tameka | | tə-MEE-kə | English |
Chifuniro | | - | Southern African, Chewa |
Pal | | - | Albanian |
Elis | | E-lis (Swedish) | Swedish, Medieval English |
Umid | | - | Uzbek |