ladies who lunch

Women who spend a lot of time socializing (e.g., going to lunch together) because they are wealthy and have a large amount of free time. The restaurant, in the center of the city with a view overlooking the bay, is a favorite destination for ladies who lunch.

ladies who lunch

Ladies who lunch are wealthy women who do not to have to work, and who spend a lot of time with their friends. He is best known for making clothes for ladies who lunch.

ladies who lunch

women with the money and free time to meet for social lunches. informal

This expression comes from the title of a 1970s song by Stephen Sondheim : ‘A toast to that invincible bunch…Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch’. While it is often used of women who raise money for charity by organizing fashionable lunches, it is also often used in a derogatory way of women with the money and leisure to lunch at expensive restaurants.

See also: lady, lunch, who

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Guests Shona Harris, left, and Helen Murphy enjoy the event Cheers From left, Wendy McIlroy, Gail Tweed and Heather Arnott at charity lunch Caring Carolina Oberg, Rachel Gambro, Fiona Pounds, Angeline Ironside, Cecilia Ether Supporters From left, Yvonne Smith, Jill Winning, Jill Campbell and Fiona Burt Ladies who lunch Kalpa Tan, Maria Alvarez, Paula Long, Hazel MacCallum and Morag McCall Patrons Lindsay Wilson, Caroline Walker, Dr Anne Cannon and Avril Gray Good cause From left, Fiona Warrender, Vivien Calder and Jayne Halliwell Sharing Ellen Maxwell, Cecilia Cooper, Jeanette Cooper-Hudson, Sheena Butler, Professor Pam Enderby, Sue Harker, Ros Holmes, Averil Webster and Jane Anderson are pictured at the Action Medical Research charity lunch, a major fundraiser for the charity

Our call to Action; Northern nights The handbags and gladrags of Aberdeen's buzzing black tie social scene Caring ladies turned out to support the Action Medical Research charity lunch which took place at the Marcliffe Hotel

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