box room

noun, British.

a storage room, especially one for trunks, suitcases, etc.

Origin of box room

1925-1930

First recorded in 1925-30

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And there was one of her great big trunks, that she always keeps in the box room, half-packed with her things.

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Little Maurice Priestly could sleep in the small room at the top of the house, used then as a box room.

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"And the box room'll look really quite comfortable," Dora joined in.

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