Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lunch pail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: lunch -pail
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

American usage

noun

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

American usage

Example Sentences

"The work of making this world resemble one that you would prefer to live in is a lunch pail fucking job, day in and day out, where thousands of committed, anonymous, smart and dedicated people bang on closed doors and pick up those that are fallen and grind away on issues till they get a positive result."

Etymology

From lunch + pail.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

lunch pails (plural) lunchpail (alternative)

Synonyms

lunch bucket

Questions

What does lunch pail mean?: A lunchbox (food container) shaped more or less like a bucket with a handle.
Where does lunch pail come from?: From lunch + pail.

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