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# {{lb|en|US}} A [[lunchbox]] {{gl|food container}} shaped more or less like a bucket with a handle. |
# {{lb|en|US}} A [[lunchbox]] {{gl|food container}} shaped more or less like a bucket with a handle. |
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# {{lb|en|US|figurative}} Someone doing work that needs to be done in an [[unpretentious]], [[down-to-earth]] manner; {{q|originally}} a [[blue-collar]] worker. |
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|year = 2004 |
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|title = The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang |
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|publisher = Oxford University Press |
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|editors = Grant Barrett |
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|isbn = 0-19-517685-5 |
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|entry = lunchpail |
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|page = 172 |
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|pageurl = https://books.google.com/books?id=zGfiBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172&dq=lunchpail&hl=en |
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Revision as of 19:32, 3 May 2024
See also: lunchpail
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
lunch pail (plural lunch pails)
- (US) A lunchbox (food container) shaped more or less like a bucket with a handle.
- Synonym: lunch bucket
- (US, figurative) Someone doing work that needs to be done in an unpretentious, down-to-earth manner; (originally) a blue-collar worker.
Translations
lunchbox — see lunchbox
References
Grant Barrett, editors (2004), “lunchpail”, in The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172.