chuck wagon

Example Sentences

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Cinematic scenes from her upbringing on the family ranch find young Sandra changing a tire all by herself as she struggles to get the chuck wagon to the cowboys before cattle-branding time.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2019

But on this first night of the roundup, as the sun sank low over the Canadian river breaks, the cowboys discussed a more pressing topic as they finished their chuck wagon supper.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2017

We packed big tents on company streets around a chuck wagon where a massive man in comically wide blue kersey trousers served up cold cuts and shoofly pie.

From Salon • May 28, 2017

Before the show, a chuck wagon dinner of roast beef, fry bread and baked beans cooked over a campfire will be served.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2014

He looked off over the chuck wagon, through the tops of the scrub pines in which the camp was set, drawing his thin, white eyebrows, considering the case.

From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)