a ploughman's

a ploughman's
   British breadandcheese
   A shortened form of ploughman's lunch, from a campaign initiated on the part of cheesemakers to promote the consumption of cheese in pubs. Thereafter innkeepers were progressively able to charge more for what had previously been a cheap snack, especially if garnished by a lettuce leaf and a slice of tomato:
    ... the cricket pitch being watered, ploughman's lunches being served in the Barley Mow... (Daily Telegraph, 30 July 1994)

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