Meaning Eating one’s lunch while still working. (A Pun on ’Al fresco’.).
Usage Widely used, but mainly in the 30/40s generations who work in offices.
Example
- I’m too busy to come to the cafe this lunchtime - I’ll be lunching al desko.
Pronunciation
Idiom
Al desko
What does "Al desko" mean?
Eating one’s lunch while still working. (A Pun on ’Al fresco’.).
Al desko
USA and Britain, in the 1980s