chuck wagon

Example Sentences

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In a Valentine’s Day quiz Chelsea posted in 2022 on Facebook, she said they met at the ranch rodeo after the chuck wagon races and went for pizza on their first date.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

A custom-built chuck wagon at the corner of Middle and Main streets serves as mascot and, depending on the occasion, mobile oyster bar, ham sandwich source or hot chocolate dispenser.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2021

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

Then came the great range herds of the Ogallalla Cattle Company, Swan Brothers, Bosler Brothers, the Bay State and other large cow outfits, followed by the hard-riding cowboy and the chuck wagon.

From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska