Meanings
nounpack-up (plural pack-ups)
plural pack-ups
- EastWalesYorkshireHull; North Lincolnshire; Hull; North LincolnshireA packed lunch.
Mums […] were often won over not so much by the healthy eating arguments as by a simple fact — in my experience, no parent has yet been born who loved making pack-ups.
2011, Elizabeth Grahamslaw, A Parents' Guide To Primary School
Origin
From the verb pack up.
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pack-up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-up
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pack-up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-up.
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