boîte
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of boîte
< French: box; Old French boiste < Vulgar Latin *buxita, for Late Latin buxida, formation based on Latin pyxis box ( see pyx), stem pyxid-, conflated with buxus box 3
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The Ravenna venue is especially exciting because it promises to revive the spirit of Tula’s, the beloved Belltown boîte that closed two years ago.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2021
Which is why I couldn’t figure out why she told us to put late assignments in her boîte de toilette, or “toilet box.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2020
Nearly all of the sixty ensembles at the Met are evening gowns, and their installation is suitably nocturnal: the basement galleries, painted black, have the atmosphere of a glossy boîte.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2015
We ended up wandering London from one atmospheric boîte to the next.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2015
She leaned her arms carelessly on the table, and managed to glance into the lid of the boîte de beauté which he had given her.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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