Packed lunch
A lunch brought from home. US: bag lunch or sack lunch.
- Used in
- All four UK nations (details may differ)
- Topic
- School life
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Related terms
- Free school meals (FSM) All four UK nations (details may differ)
- Free lunches provided to pupils from low-income families or, in some cases, all pupils in certain year groups. FSM eligibility is widely used as a measure of disadvantage.
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