Meaning & use
Lunch pail
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A small container used to carry a packed meal to work or school, traditionally associated with manual laborers.
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Her grandfather carried the same battered lunch pail to the factory for thirty years.
The kids packed sandwiches into their lunch pails before the school trip.
A note on using this word
In American English, 'lunch-pail' is also used figuratively as an adjective for hardworking, blue-collar values.
Words with a similar meaning
lunchbox
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