Bandbox
[bændbɒks]
Definition
(noun.) a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats).
Editor: Patrick--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.
Typist: Stephanie
Examples
- Come away, both of you; and you may laugh at the old lady as much as you please, but, for my part, I shall take charge of the bandbox and turban. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That's George's present to you, Rebecca, dear, said Amelia, quite proud of the bandbox conveying these gifts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To Hannah I give the bandbox she wanted and all the patchwork I leave hoping she 'will remember me, when it you see'. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I am glad I bought my bonnet, if it is only for the fun of having another bandbox! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Well, she needn't get out her bandboxes yet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- No, she can't bear fashionable young men, and she'd shut us all up in bandboxes rather than have us associate with them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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