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tuckerbox

tuckerbox noun: a box used when travelling to store food or provisions.

Noun

tuckerbox (plural tuckerboxes)

  1. (Australia) A box used when travelling to store food or provisions.
    • His dog not only sat on the tuckerbox but also shit on it.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 96
    • To Charlie, the function of a house was to keep the dew off your swag at night and shade the waterbag and tuckerboxes during the day.2005, Jim Gasteen, Under the Mulga: A Bush Memoir, page 182

Forms of tuckerbox

pluraltuckerboxes
alternative formtucker box

Origin of tuckerbox

From tucker + box.

Questions about tuckerbox

What does tuckerbox mean?
Tuckerbox means a box used when travelling to store food or provisions.
What part of speech is tuckerbox?
Tuckerbox is a noun.
What is the plural of tuckerbox?
The plural of tuckerbox is tuckerboxes.

Words near tuckerbox in the dictionary

  1. tucker-bags
  2. tucker-box
  3. tucker-boxes
  4. tuckerbag
  5. tuckerbags
  6. tuckerbox
  7. tuckerboxes
  8. tuckered
  9. tuckered out
  10. tuckerellid
  11. tuckerellids

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