box lunch

noun

: a lunch packed in a container (such as a box)

Examples of box lunch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There’s also an educational cruise that lasts one hour and has a minimum of 75 passengers, with historic narration and a box lunch, that costs $22 per person. Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2023 Registration is $100 and includes 18 holes of golf with a cart, a box lunch and an after party. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023 Includes am coffee and box lunch. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Sep. 2021 Tickets are $40 and include a box lunch. Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2021 There, guests will receive a box lunch. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2023 The day will include a round of socially distanced golf, a box lunch and a virtual silent auction. Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020 Behind the cluttered counter, a 68-year-old-man with long silvery hair and tinted glasses looked up from his bento box lunch. Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022 After the program, a complimentary catered box lunch of soul food cuisine was served with chicken, ham, turkey and yams, plus macaroni and cheese. Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of box lunch was in 1889

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“Box lunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20lunch. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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