CasualMilano/Lombardianoun
schiscetta
packed lunch, lunchbox
Formal Equivalent
pranzo al sacco
Examples in Context
"Oggi mi sono portato la schiscetta in ufficio."
"Today I brought my packed lunch to the office."
"La schiscetta della mamma è sempre la migliore."
"Mom's packed lunch is always the best."
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Cultural Note
A Milanese dialect word that has spread nationwide. The schiscetta represents the Italian office worker's resistance to sad desk lunches — even a packed lunch must be a proper meal, often with primo and secondo.
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