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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 |
| Terzo | | TER-tso | Italian |
| Ivka | | - | Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Czech |
| El | | - | Near Eastern Mythology |
| Stylianos | | - | Greek, Late Greek |
| Engelbert | | ENG-el-bert (German) | German, Ancient Germanic |
| Mason | | MAY-sən | English |