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bandbox

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band=box

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bandbox has 1 sense

bandbox(n = noun.artifact) - a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats);

is a kind of

box

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bandbox, n.

A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bandbox, n. a usu. circular cardboard box for carrying hats.

Idiom

out of a bandbox extremely neat.

Etymology

BAND(1) + BOX(1)

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