lunchbox

[luhnch-boks]

noun

1. a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.

lunchbox

/ ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks /

noun

1. a container for carrying a packed lunch

2. humorous,  a man's genitals

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunchbox¹

First recorded in 1860–65; lunch + box ¹

Example Sentences

While his father was teaching at the Thacher School, Goode said, he was “catching horned lizards and rattlesnakes and putting them in my lunchbox.”

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Grab-N-Go salads aren’t just easy to toss into your kiddos’ lunchbox — they also ensure that your kiddos are getting their necessary servings of veggies during the school day.

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I have vague but fond memories of the 1984 Games and clearly remember the Sam the Olympic Eagle lunchbox I toted around in first grade.

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Ms Eshghi said she would be sent to school unwashed, wearing broken wellington boots, with just a cream cracker in her lunchbox.

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“So I put everything down, except my lunchbox because I was starving, but I grabbed the four kids’ hands.”

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