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tuckerbox en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From tucker + box.

Meanings

1. (Australia) A box used when travelling to store food or provisions.
   • To Charlie, the function of a house was to keep the dew off your swag at night and shade the waterbag and tuckerboxes during the day. 2005, Jim Gasteen, Under the Mulga: A Bush Memoir, page 182:
   • His dog not only sat on the tuckerbox but also shit on it. 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 96:

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