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lunch pail

noun

Etymology

From lunch + pail.

  1. derived from patella — “small pan, shallow dish, platter”
  2. derived from paielle — “frying pan, warming pan; a liquid measure”
  3. derived from *bak-✻ — “peg, club”
  4. inherited from *pagil✻
  5. inherited from pæġel — “wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; a liquid measure”
  6. inherited from payle — “bucket, pail, milking pail”
  7. compounded as lunch pail — “lunch + pail”

Definitions

  1. A lunchbox (food container) shaped more or less like a bucket with a handle.

  2. Someone doing work that needs to be done in an unpretentious, down-to-earth manner

    Someone doing work that needs to be done in an unpretentious, down-to-earth manner; (originally) a blue-collar worker.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA