Definition of Dinner bucket

1. Noun. A pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner.

Exact synonyms: Dinner Pail
Generic synonyms: Bucket, Pail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinner Bucket

dinkly
dinks
dinkum
dinkums
dinky
dinky-die
dinmont
dinmonts
dinna
dinned
dinner
dinner-hour
dinner-time
dinner-times
dinner bell
dinner bucket (current term)
dinner dress
dinner gown
dinner hour
dinner jacket
dinner jackets
dinner ladies
dinner lady
dinner napkin
dinner pad
dinner pail
dinner parties
dinner party
dinner plate
dinner plates

Literary usage of Dinner bucket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Missouri Division of Mine Inspection, Missouri Bureau of Mines (1892)
"Returning, as is supposed, tot shaft, he stooped over to request someone in the bottom to bring i his dinner bucket, when the descending cage caught him. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... to reach out and get his dinner bucket setting on a "gob pile" in the haul- way, whereby he lost his balance and fell under the car. ..."

3. What's on the Worker's Mind: By One who Put on Overalls to Find Out, Whiting by Whiting Williams (1920)
"... with her appetizing handiwork in my dinner-bucket, "ring in" for the day's work. The only trouble is that with the crane man so active in bringing us ..."

4. Zoological Sketches: A Contribution to the Out-door Study of Natural History by Felix Leopold Oswald (1882)
"As soon as the dinner-bucket is brought in, the youngsters hide in the corner and watch their opportunity, for while their seniors are feeding there is no ..."

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