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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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noun
A sandwich composed of a piece of chicken-fried steak or a breaded beef patty, with typical toppings being lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wagon, waggon
History
From chuck + wagon; chuck was cowboy slang for food.
