lunchbox
a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
Origin of lunchbox
1- Also called lunchpail, lunch·buck·et [luhnch-buhk-it]. /ˈlʌntʃˌbʌk ɪt/.
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How to use lunchbox in a sentence
Dick van Hoff x Thomas Eyck Canteen and Lunch Box Set, $299 at GSelect 2.
The Daily Beast's 2013 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide | The Daily Beast | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was slight, wore a workman's overall suit, and he had a lunch box under his arm.
Something with the glint of bright steel flashed from the lunch box under the man's arm.
His idea of a lunch box was a jug or a rope to freeze soup onto like a candle.
The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan | W. B. LaugheadEugene had bought a lunch box and was carrying with him daily a delectable lunch put up under Mrs. Hibberdell's direction.
The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser
He had on his old peaked hat and carried his handsome leather lunch box jauntily in one hand.
The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser
British Dictionary definitions for lunchbox
/ (ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks) /
a container for carrying a packed lunch
British and Australian jocular a man's genitals
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