"Cajun microwave" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Cajun microwaves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Cajun microwave (plural Cajun microwaves)
  1. (US) A metal-lined wooden box (or sometimes other container, even e.g. a pit) for cooking a pig or other food in, typically outdoors. Tags: US Categories (topical): Cooking Related terms: caja china
    Sense id: en-Cajun_microwave-en-noun-S-tzkeMC Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014, Ben Ford, Carolynn Carreño, Taming the Feast: Ben Ford's Field Guide to Adventurous Cooking, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:",
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