lunch wagon

Example Sentences

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Or they could join movie stars and sports heroes for original chili burgers at “Ptomaine Tommy’s” in Lincoln Heights, which started out in 1913 as a street lunch wagon.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Louis Lunch, 263 Crown St., originated as a lunch wagon in 1895 and was recognized by the Library of Congress as the U.S. birthplace of the hamburger.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2016

Two years ago this business contented itself with bourgeois monikers like "lunch wagon" or "canteen."

From Time Magazine Archive

But when Dougherty heard and smelled the lunch wagon, the flow was copious.

From Time Magazine Archive

I went up to the field lunch wagon to get a cup of coffee while the mechanics warmed up the ship.

From Test Pilot by Collins, Jimmy