Meaning & use
Tuck Box
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A small box used to store food or sweets, traditionally sent to boarding school pupils from home.
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Her grandmother filled the tuck box with biscuits and chocolate before term started.
Boarding school rules limited how much sugar could go in a student's tuck box.
A note on using this word
Chiefly British, from 'tuck', old school slang for sweets or snacks; the tradition dates back to Victorian boarding schools.
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snack box
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