When my students eat lunch early, e.g. between classes in the morning, they call it はやべん. The はや is short for 早い (はやい, hayai), which means early. The べん is short for 弁当 (べんとう, bentou), the word for lunchbox.
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おつかれやま!!! (In romaji, "Otsukareyama!!!" In kanji, お疲れ山?)
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