Meaning of lunch pail | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A lunchbox (food container) shaped more or less like a bucket with a handle.
   US
2. Someone doing work that needs to be done in an unpretentious, down-to-earth manner; (originally) a blue-collar worker.
   US, figuratively

Examples

“The work of making this world resemble one that you would prefer to live in is a lunch pail fucking job, day in and day out, where thousands of committed, anonymous, smart and dedicated people bang on closed doors and pick up those that are fallen and grind away on issues till they get a positive result.”

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