• Lunchbox

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: lunch + box

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    Full definition of lunchbox

    Noun

    lunchbox

    (plural lunchboxes)
    1. A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
    2. (slang) A person or object constantly at one's side (in the manner of a lunchbox).
    3. (British slang) The male genitals when enclosed in clothing.
    4. (Asia) A to-go lunch packaged in a disposable box.
    5. (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.

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