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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: chuck 'food' (19-20 centuries), perhaps from CHUCK2

chuck wagon

 noun
     
Related topics: Bicycles, Carts, Horses
chuck wagon [countable] American English old-fashioned
TTB a vehicle that carries food for a group of people
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