subs. (Winchester College).—A hamper from home. The word is still in use.
1866. MANSFIELD, School-Life at Winchester College, p. 77. The boys, eager for breakfast, tumultuously rushed out from school-court … to see if Poole, the porter, had letters, or, what was even more delightful, a CARGO (a hamper of game or eatables from home).
1883. PASCOE, ed. Everyday Life in Our Public Schools, 89. Scholars may supplement their fare with jam, potted meats … or, better still, from the contents of ‘CARGOES,’ i.e., hampers from home.
