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boîte

  [bwaht; Fr. bwat]
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–noun, plural boîtes  [bwahts; Fr. bwat] .
a nightclub; cabaret.
Origin:
< F: box; OF boiste < VL *buxita, for LL buxida, formation based on L pyxis box (see pyx ), s. pyxid-, conflated with buxus box 3
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boîte   (bwät)   
n.  A small restaurant or nightclub.

[French, from Old French boiste, box, from Late Latin buxida, from buxis; see box1.]
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