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bandbox
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Definition:A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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there were more dirty clothes and bandboxes under the beds than I should have thought the family possessed.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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I am glad I bought my bonnet, if it is only for the fun of having another bandbox!
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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