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lunchpail

lunchpail is the alternative spelling of lunch pail.

Meaning of lunch pail

Noun

lunch pail (plural lunch pails)

  1. (US) A lunchbox (food container) shaped more or less like a bucket with a handle.
    Synonyms:
    lunch bucket
  2. (US, figuratively) Someone doing work that needs to be done in an unpretentious, down-to-earth manner; (originally) a blue-collar worker.
    • The work of making this world resemble one that you would prefer to live in is a lunch pail fucking job, day in and day out, where thousands of committed, anonymous, smart and dedicated people bang on closed doors and pick up those that are fallen and grind away on issues till they get a positive...2024 February 12, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

Forms of lunchpail

plurallunchpails

Questions about lunchpail

What is lunchpail the alternative spelling of?
Lunchpail is the alternative spelling of lunch pail.

Words near lunchpail in the dictionary

  1. lunchmeats
  2. lunchor
  3. lunchors
  4. lunchpack
  5. lunchpacks
  6. lunchpail
  7. lunchpails
  8. lunchroom
  9. lunchrooms
  10. lunchtime
  11. lunchtime abortion

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