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chuckwagon

chuckwagon is the alternative form 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.

Forms of chuckwagon

pluralchuckwagons

Phrases with chuckwagon

Questions about chuckwagon

What is chuckwagon the alternative form of?
Chuckwagon is the alternative form of chuck wagon.

Words near chuckwagon in the dictionary

  1. chuckstone
  2. chuckstones
  3. Chucktown
  4. chuckwaggon
  5. chuckwaggons
  6. chuckwagon
  7. chuckwagon beans
  8. chuckwagons
  9. chuckwalla
  10. chuckwallas
  11. chucky

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