chuck wagon

American  

noun

1. Western U.S. a wagon carrying cooking facilities and food for serving people working outdoors, as at a ranch or lumber camp.

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chuck wagon British  

noun

1. a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open

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Etymology

Origin of chuck wagon

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

For starters, there’s chuck wagon cook Ron Reed tending to biscuits in front of the city’s biggest tourist attraction.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2020

But on this first night of the roundup, as the sun sank low over the Canadian river breaks, the cowboys discussed a more pressing topic as they finished their chuck wagon supper.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2017

We packed big tents on company streets around a chuck wagon where a massive man in comically wide blue kersey trousers served up cold cuts and shoofly pie.

From Salon • May 28, 2017

The pair also are bringing in a covered chuck wagon for preparing meals on site.

From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2016

He looked off over the chuck wagon, through the tops of the scrub pines in which the camp was set, drawing his thin, white eyebrows, considering the case.

From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)