tucker-box

[ tuhk-er-boks ]

noun

, Australian.

1. a box used to store or carry food.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tucker-box¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Having disposed of the bullocks, the tinkling of whose bells was a foreign note in the night, two others came to the fire, carrying the tucker-box.

From Project Gutenberg

"I'll bring a drink for you both," said I, rising and taking two pannikins from the lid of the tucker-box.

From Project Gutenberg

My friends drained their pannikins; Thompson threw his at the tucker-box, and Cooper was just aiming his, when Willoughby, who had shared the frosted mutton, interposed—— "If you please, Cooper."

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You see, for the last year or two I'd taken my tucker in my hands,—hunk of damper and meat and a clasp-knife mostly,—sitting on my heel in the dust, or on a log or a tucker-box.

From Project Gutenberg

I threw down bags and the blankets and 'possum rug against the wheel to make a camp for Jim and the cattle-pup, and got a gin-case we used for a tucker-box, the frying-pan and billy down, and made a good fire at a log close handy, and soon everything was comfortable.

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