lunch-bucket

adjective

lunch-buck·​et ˈlənch-ˌbə-kət 

: of, relating to, or possessing working-class values : blue-collar

lunch-bucket issues

a lunch-bucket athlete

Examples of lunch-bucket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a World Cup boasting a galaxy of stars, a lunch-bucket team of blue-collar everymen may wind up outshining them all. — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

And Pennsylvania Joe—with his old-fashioned, New-Deal, lunch-bucket values—led the charge. — Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lunch-bucket

• bucket