Is it lunch or dinner?

Why do schools have Dinner Ladies at Lunch time?

Dinner can be used for both midday or evening
Lunch can only be used for midday


Oxford English Dictionary:

dinner |ˈdinər|
noun
the main meal of the day, taken either around midday or in the evening.
• a formal evening meal, typically one in honor of a person or event.
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French disner (infinitive used as a noun: see dine ).



lunch |lən ch |
noun
a meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal : a vegetarian lunch | do join us for lunch.
 
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If 12PM = Lunch as some of you say, why do schools have Dinner Ladies?

Because that's the main meal of the day for a lot of school kids. They then go home and have tea. :p

EDIT: TBH with me it's more a

Snack
Snack
Snack
Snack
Big snack
Snack
Dinner
Snack
Pudding
Snack...

:p
 
Breakfast -> Dinner -> Tea. Unfortunately, since moving down south they seem to become easily confused and I have to use their lingo of Breakfast -> Lunch -> Dinner
 
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