andersmeat en · NOUN
Etymology
Apparently from a variant of undern + -s- + meat, but perhaps via alteration of Old English undernmete (“breakfast”), unattested in this sense. Compare Middle English orendron mete.
Meanings
- (England, obsolete, regional) A light snack consumed in the afternoon.
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(England, obsolete, regional) A lunch.
This is my whack of bread and cheese for andersmeat.
1905, Joseph Wright (editor), The English Dialect Dictionary, page 437: