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DINNER PAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dinner pail mean?
• DINNER PAIL (noun)
The noun DINNER PAIL has 1 sense:
1. a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner
Familiarity information: DINNER PAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
dinner bucket; dinner pail
Hypernyms ("dinner pail" is a kind of...):
bucket; pail (a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top)
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