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Chuck wagon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, and used to prepare meals, as on a ranch, in a lumber camp, or during a cattle drive in the latter part of the 19th century. US, historical
  2. 2
    a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys) wordnet
  3. 3
    A sandwich composed of a piece of chicken-fried steak or a breaded beef patty, with typical toppings being lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.

Etymology

From chuck + wagon; chuck was cowboy slang for food.

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