lunchbox | Idiomator

Meaning: A container for transporting meals, especiallylunch.Hyponyms:bento box,lunch bucket,lunch pail; (slang,UK)The malegenitalswhen enclosed in clothing.Synonyms:(US)basket,packet,package2015, Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Shirley Anne Tate,Creolizing Europe: Legacies and Transformations, Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page109:The campaign tagline, 'I've got a tiny packet', is written across [Linford] Christie's trademark impressively muscled upper body. 'Tiny packet' makes us remember that Linford is known for his'lunchbox'from his heyday as a sprinter because of the bulge apparent in his lycra shorts. Hislunchboxand now his tiny packet allude to the diminishing of black men to just their genitals[…]; ; (especiallyAsia)A lunch packaged in adisposableboxto be taken away to eat.Synonym:box lunchJack was carrying hislunchboxwith him.; (computing,slang)Aluggable; an earlylaptopcomputer, usually a unit with ahandleand a fold-outkeyboard.1988October 11,PC Mag, volume 7, number17, page93:You'll find a mix among clamshell laptops for strong laps,lunchboxes, and sewing-machine configurations; the latter two designs typically have detachable keyboards.2004, Scott Mueller,Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, page20:The performance difference between desktops andlunchboxeswas practically nil.; (slang)Asimpleportabletransmittersometimes used inphreaking.; Acocktailmade withbeer,orange juice, andalmondliqueur.; (slang,idiomatic)Apersonseen asweakanddisposablewho could easily besacrificedwithout muchguiltorafterthought.

Examples:

EN: I can't get my lunchbox through.
ES: Intentaba llevar mi comida.
EN: That lunchbox?
ES: -¿Esa?
EN: If you bring another toad home in that lunchbox, you'll go to school without lunch. Toad? And not only toads.
ES: Si vuelves a traer otro sapo repugnante irás a la escuela sin bocadillo.
EN: I don't want any living thing in that lunchbox.
ES: - ¿Un sapo? - Da igual lo que fuera.
EN: Your lunchbox?
ES: ¿Tu tartera?
EN: You forgot your lunchbox, Papa.
ES: Olvidas tu almuerzo, papa.
EN: Where have you been since you left home just before 8:00 with a lunchbox?
ES: ¿Dónde ha estado desde que salió de su casa antes de las ocho con una fiambrera?
EN: Where is the lunchbox?
ES: ¿Dónde está la fiambrera?
EN: What about Mr Sanoda lunchbox
ES: ¿Y la cajita de comida del Sr. Sanoda?
EN: Well, as a matter of fact, I've brought my lunchbox.
ES: Seguro que sí, de hecho he traído mi fiambrera.
EN: But Mom made a lunch for you and packed it in this new lunchbox.
ES: Pero mamá te preparó el almuerzo y lo puso en la lonchera nueva.
EN: Mom bought me a new lunchbox?
ES: ¿Mamá me compró una lonchera nueva?
EN: # I'd sneak it out there in a lunchbox in my hand #
ES: Lo iría sacando poco a poco en la caja del almuerzo.
EN: They all shout at me, "Where's your lunchbox?"
ES: Y todos me gritan:
EN: I ran six miles in the rain to bring you the cannoli for your lunchbox.
ES: Recorrí diez kilómetros bajo la lluvia para llevarte los canolli del almuerzo.

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