lunchbox
Noun
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Noun
lunchbox (plural lunchboxes)
- A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
- (slang) A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox).
- (British slang) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing.
- (Asia) A lunch packaged in a disposable box to be taken away to eat.
- (computing, slang) A luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.
- 1988, PC Mag (volume 7, number 17, 11 October 1988, page 93)
- You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes, and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.
- 2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops (page 20)
- The performance difference between desktops and lunchboxes was practically nil.
- 1988, PC Mag (volume 7, number 17, 11 October 1988, page 93)
- (slang) A simple portable transmitter sometimes used in phreaking.
- A cocktail made with beer, orange juice, and almond liqueur.
- (container for transporting meals) lunch pail qual US, bento box
- (person or thing at one's side) sidekick
- (male genitals enclosed in clothing) basket qual US, packet, package
- French: panier repas
- German: Brotzeitdose, Brotdose
- Portuguese: lancheira, merendeira
- Russian: ланчбо́кс
- Spanish: fiambrera, tartera
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