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bandbox
[ band-boks ]
noun
- a lightweight box of pasteboard, thin wood, etc., for holding a hat, clerical collars, or other articles of apparel.
- an area or structure that is smaller in dimensions or size than the standard:
It's easy to hit home runs out of this bandbox.
bandbox
/ ˈbændˌbɒks /
noun
- a lightweight usually cylindrical box used for holding small articles, esp hats
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Other Words From
- bandboxi·cal adjective
- bandboxy adjective
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Example Sentences
Victorine muttered some unintelligible words, with her little bundle over her arm, like a milliner carrying a bandbox.
Thy outward attractions, Amy, will not have lost much, when the blonds and satins are put into the bandbox.
"Oh, I've sat on my cake and mashed it," moaned Joyce, as she moved over to make a place for the dilapidated old bandbox.
Almost without exception, they are tiny affairs, scarcely larger than the metaphorical bandbox.
Minty took the summer Sunday hat from its bandbox in the closet, and carefully abstracted the blue feather.
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