lunch-basket

In those days you could have carried Kipling around in a lunch-basket; now he fills the world.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

If Pomponius had kicked him in the privates and stolen his lunch-basket, this button mouth would never get excited about it to me.

A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

Next day Madeline took Brookes, and 'The Amazing Marriage', and a lunch-basket, and went out to Mashobra, where the deodars shadow hardly any scandal at all, and the Snows come, with perceptible confidence, a little nearer.

The Pool in the Desert Sara Jeannette Duncan

"Oh! no trouble at all," said the affable stranger; then turning to Dexie he relieved her of her armful of wraps, with a simple "Allow me, please," and started away with Lancy, who was carrying the so far unused lunch-basket, leaving the girls to follow at their own pace.

Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Stanford Eveleth

When I am grubbing out willows along the ravine, the grubbing-hoe, a lunch-basket well filled, and a jug of water from the deep well up there under the trees seem to be the sum total of the necessary appliances for a life of usefulness and contentment.

Reveries of a Schoolmaster Francis B. Pearson

Already the lunch-basket was packed, and as soon as the children were dressed and the breakfast eaten, it was time to start.

Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon Lucy M. Blanchard

"You forgot the lunch-basket, Elsie," he said, looking across at Dexie who sat facing her.

Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Stanford Eveleth

Had it not been for the fact that amidst the hurry of gathering up the wraps, etc., from the carriage, they had forgotten that ever-welcome addition to one's travelling paraphernalia, the lunch-basket, Hugh might have been unable to get a word from Dexie beyond the curt "good-bye" that she had already cut and dried, as it were, and ready to fling out the window at him at the last moment.

Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Stanford Eveleth

Susan B. Anthony had provided a lunch-basket, well filled, for Mrs. Lee and myself, to serve for the entire journey.

A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

There are the costumes to be dusted and put away, the paintbrushes to clean, the dishes and lunch-basket to be attended to.

In and out of Three Normady Inns Anna Bowman Dodd