lunchbox

plural lunchboxes · alternative lunch box · alternative lunch-box

1. A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.

   “If someone assaulted you, if someone offended you, would you keep a memento of their assault? Would you stick it on your daily lunchbox and carry it with you day in and day out?” she asked.

   2025 November 6, Dan Mangan, quoting Sabrina Shroff, “DC sandwich thrower Sean Dunn found not guilty of assaulting federal agent”, in CNBC

2. UKslangThe penis when enclosed in clothing.

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   The campaign tagline, 'I've got a tiny packet', is written across [Linford] Christie's trademark impressively muscled upper body. 'Tiny packet' makes us remember that Linford is known for his 'lunchbox' from his heyday as a sprinter because of the bulge apparent in his lycra shorts. His lunchbox and now his tiny packet allude to the diminishing of black men to just their genitals[…]

   2015, Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Shirley Anne Tate, Creolizing Europe: Legacies and Transformations, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 109

   Synonyms: basket, packet, package

3. especially AsiaA lunch packaged in a disposable box to be taken away to eat.

   Jack was carrying his lunchbox with him.

   Synonyms: box lunch

4. slangcomputingA luggable; an early laptop computer, usually a unit with a handle and a fold-out keyboard.

   The performance difference between desktops and lunchboxes was practically nil.

   2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, page 20

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   You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps, lunchboxes, and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.

   1988 October 11, PC Mag, volume 7, number 17, page 93

5. slangA simple portable transmitter sometimes used in phreaking.
6. A cocktail made with beer, orange juice, and almond liqueur.
7. idiomaticslangA person seen as weak and disposable who could easily be sacrificed without much guilt or afterthought.