In Wales — especially around Swansea — a packed meal is what the rest of the world calls a takeaway or takeout. While the phrase sounds like it belongs in a lunch box, locals use it to mean food ordered from a chippy, curry house, or kebab shop to eat at home. It's one of those quietly regional expressions that marks a true Swansea native, the kind that confuses every non-Welsh visitor who pictures sandwiches in cling film.
I can't be bothered cooking tonight — let's just grab a packed meal from the Chinese down the road.
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(Wales, especially Swansea) A takeaway.
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