Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A reusable container, usually with a handle, designed for storing and carrying one's lunch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A container for transporting meals, especially
lunch . - noun slang A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox).
- noun British slang The male
genitals when enclosed in clothing.
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Examples
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I turn around and place my Thomas the Choo Choo Train lunchbox that I received at the hospital onto the lunch table, desperately constructing any type of barrier to protect me from the inevitable.
Valerie Sobel: Andre Sobel Essay Winner: Cancer Isn't a Battle you Fight by Yourself Valerie Sobel 2010
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I turn around and place my Thomas the Choo Choo Train lunchbox that I received at the hospital onto the lunch table, desperately constructing any type of barrier to protect me from the inevitable.
Valerie Sobel: Andre Sobel Essay Winner: Cancer Isn't a Battle you Fight by Yourself Valerie Sobel 2010
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I turn around and place my Thomas the Choo Choo Train lunchbox that I received at the hospital onto the lunch table, desperately constructing any type of barrier to protect me from the inevitable.
Valerie Sobel: Andre Sobel Essay Winner: Cancer Isn't a Battle you Fight by Yourself Valerie Sobel 2010
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I turn around and place my Thomas the Choo Choo Train lunchbox that I received at the hospital onto the lunch table, desperately constructing any type of barrier to protect me from the inevitable.
Valerie Sobel: Andre Sobel Essay Winner: Cancer Isn't a Battle you Fight by Yourself Valerie Sobel 2010
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But then I turned the corner was shocked to see a piece of my past when I spotted this Kurt Cobain lunchbox:
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Find estate sale; hide postcards in lunchbox, toolbox or similar spot that other shoppers will likely look in.
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Awesome collection; I can practically hear the rattling inside the tin lunchbox. dave says:
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The lunchbox is a more traditional one I had hanging about.
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The lunchbox is a more traditional one I had hanging about.
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The lunchbox is a more traditional one I had hanging about.
johnmperry commented on the word lunchbox
July 25, 2008
sionnach commented on the word lunchbox
Personally, I think that a proposal to use the same slang term for male and female genitalia rather misses the point.
Budgie smugglers.
July 25, 2008
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word lunchbox
Synonyms: sidekick
???
Never heard that one before.
May 4, 2011