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night lunch

night lunch
 n.— «As our lovely little girl, Anna, came early, we had to spend a few extra weeks in the hospital with her. My wife and I learned a few things.…There’s a mystical fourth meal around 9pm called “night lunch.”» —“Things I Learned in the Hospital” by Steven Garrity Acts of Volition Aug. 17, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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