lunch-pail

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [luhnch peyl]
- /lʌntʃ peɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [luhnch peyl]
- /lʌntʃ peɪl/

Definitions of lunch-pail word

abbreviation LUNCH-PAIL lunchbox. 1
noun lunch-pail a worker's lunchbox in the shape of a pail, originally for carrying hot food. 1

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Origin of lunch-pail

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1890-95; lunch + pail

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Parts of speech for Lunch-pail

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Lunch-pail

lunch-pail popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.