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Definition of tucker box in English: tucker boxnoun Australian, NZ informal A box used for storing or carrying provisions. Eric dug into the tucker box and got out onions and potatoes Example sentencesExamples - Not too long after the horsemen depart, the cook has reluctantly left the fire, and has washed up, and is tidying the tucker box.
- ‘Noticing his hungry look and empty tucker box
- A fire is lit in the oil drum, the billy is dipped over the side of the boat and filled, the 'tucker box' is produced and its contents spread.
- There were two tucker-boxes hanging in the bough shed.
- We'd go to town and he'd look in our tucker boxes and steal our bread and tinned stuff
- Gelignite boxes made good tucker boxes.
- A famous monument near the NSW town of Gundagai depicts a tucker box with a dog sitting on top.
- He will be driven from learning by a lack of clothing, or else an empty tucker-box.
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