2. Noun. (slang) A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox). ¹
3. Noun. (British slang) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lunchbox
1. a container for carrying meals to school or work [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunchbox
Literary usage of Lunchbox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jealousy Jane by Lindsay Price, Price, Lindsay, 1969- (2001)
"BILL: (tossing the lunchbox) Here! JANE: Got it! BETINA: Go, Go, Go! ...
JANE enters, carrying the lunchbox. She looks a little worse for wear. ..."
2. Poet Lore (1921)
"She opens the lid of the lunchbox once more, to be sure it is correctly packed,
... She unwraps the lunchbox, puts in the shaker, and wraps it up again. ..."
3. Literature & Writing Connections by Jill Norris, Joy Evans (1997)
"The Green Hornet lunchbox by Shirley Gordan; Houghton Mifflin, 1970. ...
Never Carry in Your lunchbox Tell why you shouldn't carry a particular item in your ..."
4. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
"... her books and lunchbox were on her arm, and across the bottom of the frame
was carved, "Your Country Classmate."' Then she offered another frame. ..."
5. In the Company of Children by Joanne Hindley (1996)
"From the middle of this mass emerged a small boy, probably a kindergartner, with
his brand new knapsack and lunchbox and sneakers. ..."
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