lunchwagon

[ luhnch-wag-uhn ]

noun

1. a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunchwagon¹

First recorded in 1890–95; lunch + wagon

Example Sentences

From the lunchwagon emerged two cabbies, one minus fare, the other minus cab.

From Time Magazine Archive

He ties the lunchwagon to his limousine and drags it to the door of his palatial house.

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She returns to her lunchwagon.

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When a murderer last year eluded the New Jersey police and hit for the highways, Stan sounded the alarm between recordings of Mexicali Rose and The Very Thought of You; within 15 minutes a lunchwagon proprietor had the fugitive cornered.

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