单词 | tommy box |
释义 | > as lemmastommy box tommy box n. now historical a container in which a worker's or schoolchild's food is stored; esp. a box or tin used to carry a packed lunch or other meal to work or school. ΚΠ 1856 Househ. Words 21 June 546/1 Against the wall were fixed a double row of cupboards or lockers, one to each man; these were the tommy-boxes. 1891 Leeds Mercury 12 Jan. 8/5 Every one could not carry a Marshal's baton in his ‘tommy-box’ as he went to work. 1996 J. Grenfell-Hill Growing up in Wales 56 There were mice galore, plenty of mice. They couldn't get at my food because I had it in a Tommy-box made of tin. < as lemmas |
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