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pouncet box

  [poun-sit]
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–noun
a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
Origin:
1590–1600; pounce 2 or pounce 3 + -et
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ULINE - Shipping Boxes
Huge catalog! Over 1,500 box sizes. Same day shipping from 6 locations.
www.ULINE.com
poun·cet box   (poun'sĭt)   
n.  A small perfume box with a perforated top.

[Perhaps alteration of *pounced-box, from pounce3.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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