box lunch
Americannoun
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box lunches
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of box lunch
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Gerald knew airline food was really expensive, so he brought a box lunch.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2021
Cost: Tour, $95; garden party, $125, catered box lunch at the Pekrul House, $20.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2018
SUN Cruise around the Island on the restored 1898 steamship Virginia V, box lunch, no-host bar, fundraiser for Bainbridge Island Historical Museum, 2 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2017
A cheerful twentysomething in a Hellmann’s T-shirt passed me a box lunch containing a mayo-infused burger, mayo-smothered pasta salad, mayo-lubed corn on the cob, and a mayo-moistened cupcake.
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2013
Most of the kids follow Ms. Cherry into the pizza line, except Chin and I have box lunch.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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