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sack lunch

sack lunch noun: a packed lunch in a sack (especially a paper bag); broadly, synonym of packed lunch.

Noun

sack lunch (plural sack lunches)

  1. (US) A packed lunch in a sack (especially a paper bag); broadly, synonym of packed lunch.
    • […] played “black man” and "run sheep run," ate sack lunches, and rushed home after school to bring in the cows […]1994, Daniel Fitzgerald, Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of Kansas, page 149

Forms of sack lunch

pluralsack lunches

Questions about sack lunch

What does sack lunch mean?
Sack lunch means a packed lunch in a sack (especially a paper bag); broadly, synonym of packed lunch.
What part of speech is sack lunch?
Sack lunch is a noun.
What is the plural of sack lunch?
The plural of sack lunch is sack lunches.

Words near sack lunch in the dictionary

  1. sack barrows
  2. sack dress
  3. sack drill
  4. sack knot
  5. sack knots
  6. sack lunch
  7. sack lunches
  8. sack man
  9. sack men
  10. sack o' shit
  11. sack of crap

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