chuck wagon

chuck wagon

n. A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.

chuck wagon

n a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open [C19: perhaps from chuck² (beef, food)]

chuck′ wag`on

n. Western U.S. and Canada. a wagon carrying cooking facilities and food for people working outdoors, as at a ranch. [1860–65]

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chuck wagon - a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys)waggon, wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

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