chuck wagon

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noun
Definitions
  • (US) A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, and used to prepare meals, as on a ranch, in a lumber camp, or during a cattle drive in the latter part of the 19th century.

Etymology

Compound from English chuck (pebble, chicken) + English wagon.

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English

wagon

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