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chuck wagons

chuck wagons is the plural of chuck wagon.

Meaning of chuck wagon

Noun

chuck wagon (plural chuck wagons)

  1. (US, historical) A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, and used to prepare meals, as on a ranch, in a lumber camp, or during a cattle drive in the latter part of the 19th century.
  2. A sandwich composed of a piece of chicken-fried steak or a breaded beef patty, with typical toppings being lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.

Questions about chuck wagons

What is chuck wagons the plural of?
Chuck wagons is the plural of chuck wagon.

Words near chuck wagons in the dictionary

  1. chuck steaks
  2. chuck the deuces
  3. chuck up
  4. chuck up the sponge
  5. chuck wagon
  6. chuck wagons
  7. chuck you Farley
  8. chuck-a-luck
  9. chuck-farthing
  10. chuck-full
  11. chuck-in

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