Re: History of Slang Terms

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In a message dated 97-08-29 20:14:10 EDT, alcon@earthlink.net (Allan Connell)
writes:

<< In the middle ages, "luncheon" was the word for liquid lunches.  It was a
 combination of the words "noon scheken", or noon drinking.  In those days,
 a large chunk of bread was called lunch.  So if you ate bread with your
 munchion, you had what we still today call a luncheon. 
  >>
Interesting.......
Where did the term 'nooner' come from?

Ray