lunch pail
Worker's food container
A lunch pail is a container for carrying a packed meal to work or school, typically a small metal or plastic box with a handle.
The term evokes blue-collar labor—factory workers, construction crews, miners.
As an adjective, lunch-pail describes hardworking, unpretentious effort: a lunch-pail attitude, lunch-pail defense.
The phrase suggests someone who shows up and does the job without flash or complaint.
Japanese compartmentalized lunchbox
- tiffinLight midday meal
- thermosInsulated liquid container
- coolerInsulated storage container
- canteenPortable liquid container
insulated · compartmentalized · reusable · portable · tin · metal · handle · lid
Filling between bread slices
- thermosInsulated liquid container
- soupCooked liquid dish
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- napkinMealtime wiping cloth
cutlery · apple · cookies · chips · carrot sticks · juice box · wrapped · packed
Manual labor workforce
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- shiftMovement or work period
- constructionProcess of building something
- unionJoining into one
laborer · tradesman · hardhat · breakroom · worksite · manual labor · timecard · ironworker
Quality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- tinElement fifty, Sn
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
- characterNature, symbol, or role
collectible · schoolyard · childhood · recess · playground · latchkey · brown-bag · metal
Manual labor workforce
- everymanOrdinary representative person
- working-classManual laborers as group
- unglamorousNot attractive or exciting
- dependableWorthy of trust
steady · humble · honest · workmanlike · no-frills · salt-of-the-earth · grinder · scrappy
bento
Japanese compartmentalized lunchbox
canteen · insulated · compartmentalized · reusable · portable · tin · metal · handle · lid · clasp
sandwich
Filling between bread slices
napkin · cutlery · apple · cookies · chips · carrot sticks · juice box · wrapped · packed · homemade
blue-collar
Manual labor workforce
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- shiftMovement or work period
- constructionProcess of building something
union · laborer · tradesman · hardhat · breakroom · worksite · manual labor · timecard · ironworker · steelworker
vintage
Quality from past eras
character · collectible · schoolyard · childhood · recess · playground · latchkey · brown-bag · metal · domed
blue-collar
Manual labor workforce
- everymanOrdinary representative person
- working-classManual laborers as group
- unglamorousNot attractive or exciting
dependable · steady · humble · honest · workmanlike · no-frills · salt-of-the-earth · grinder · scrappy
- lunchmidday meal, quick bite, brown bag, grab and go, eating alone
- blue collarhard hat, blue collar, blue-collar jobs, factory work, manual labor
- storage containersbin, basket, chest, crate, totes
- lunchwarebento box, sandwich box, snack box, snack container, thermos
- mining museumheadframe, mining equipment, pickaxe, miner's lamp, ore cart
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
lunch pailbriefcase
Portable document container
attaché case · leather satchel · laptop bag · designer handbag · white collar
lunch pailpower lunch
Strategic midday dining
business lunch · fine dining · three-martini lunch · catered lunch · room service
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