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tuck box

tuck box noun: a hamper of food (such as confectionery) taken to boarding school by students.

Noun

tuck box (plural tuck boxes)

  1. (UK, dated) A hamper of food (such as confectionery) taken to boarding school by students.
  2. A carton for storing a set of playing cards.

Forms of tuck box

pluraltuck boxes

Questions about tuck box

What does tuck box mean?
Tuck box means a hamper of food (such as confectionery) taken to boarding school by students.
What part of speech is tuck box?
Tuck box is a noun.
What is the plural of tuck box?
The plural of tuck box is tuck boxes.

Words near tuck box in the dictionary

  1. tuchunships
  2. tuchus
  3. tuchuses
  4. tuck
  5. tuck away
  6. tuck box
  7. tuck boxes
  8. tuck in
  9. tuck into
  10. tuck out
  11. tuck pointing

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