A sandwich composed of a piece of chicken-fried steak or a breaded beef patty, with typical toppings being lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
04. [↑](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckwagon#cite_ref-4)["American Chuck Wagon Association: The Invention of the Chuck Wagon"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210904014407/http://www.americanchuckwagon.org/chuck-wag…
2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wagon_(musician)#cite_ref-2 "Jump up")**["Chuck Wagon"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120502143656/http://www.thedickies.com/alumni/the_players/dickies/wagon/wagon.htm).
A sandwich composed of a piece of chicken-fried steak or a breaded beef patty, with typical toppings being lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
Chuck wagon is a historical American term for the food wagon that accompanied cattle drives. Also a fast-food brand and metaphor for casual catering. Not concerning. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
Chuck wagon is a historical American term for the food wagon that accompanied cattle drives. Also a fast-food brand and metaphor for casual catering. Not concerning. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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(US) A sandwich consisting of a patty made from ground chicken, served in a bun, typically hot and often with other ingredients.
The chicken patty used in such a sandwich.
(Ireland, UK) A sandwich consisting of a piece of boneless, sometimes fried chicken served in a bun, typically hot (called a chicken sandwich in the US).
(archaic, slang) An early motorized vehicle for driving on land (such as an automobile, truck, or tractor), especially a car; horseless carriage.
Chuck wagon is a historical American term for the mobile kitchen wagon used on cattle drives, providing meals ("chuck") for cowboys. Use in historical, culinary, and Western contexts. Formal equivalent: "mobile cooking wagon." Common non-native mistake: confusing with the modern fast-food brand or general food trucks. In historical contexts the meaning is specific to the cattle drive era. Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.
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(US, historical) 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.
“04. [↑](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckwagon#cite_ref-4)["American Chuck Wagon Association: The Invention of the Chuck Wagon"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210904014407/http://www.americanchuckwagon.org/chuck-wagon-invention.html). _americanchuckwagon.org_.”
“2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wagon_(musician)#cite_ref-2 "Jump up")**["Chuck Wagon"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120502143656/http://www.thedickies.com/alumni/the_players/dickies/wagon/wagon.htm).”
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