The "five-mile lunch" is a meal eaten hastily at the wheel between jobs, during the few minutes it takes to drive five miles.

He went down to his cabin and hastily ate some of Jos&'s bread and cheese.

I shut them out, ate hastily, wondered if they'd gotten married.

A logical time for Harry to return; for Hengle would not expect his employee to eat hastily after finishing for the day.

The decks were crowded with men, rough and dirty, jabbering and hastily eating their breakfast.

Mr. Swift and Tom ate hastily and returned to work.

Heartened by the physician's words, Pauli found she had an appetite, and ate hastily.

Some soldiers believe that the phrase came about when local nationals were eating and a soldier told them "chop chop" or to eat hastily.

At noon they hastily ate sandwiches they had brought, then resumed their job.

Essande was summoned and began laying out suitable garments, while Elayne hastily ate her midday meal early.