subs. (Eton and Cambridge).—1. A treat; a chief meal.
1864. The Press, 12 Nov. By the way, we miss the Etonian word, LOUNGE, for which there is classic authority. ‘I don’t care for dinner,’ said Harry Coningsby at his grandfather’s table; ‘Breakfast is my LOUNGE.’
2. (old: now recognised).—A loitering place, or gossiping shop.—GROSE (1785).
3. (American thieves’).—The dock in a criminal court.
