boîte

[bwaht; French bwat]

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noun, plural boîtes

[bwahts; French bwat] /bwɑts; French bwat/.

a nightclub; cabaret.

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 box³

Examples from the Web for boite

Historical Examples

The boite ordinaire that grows away there in the plain, is called Gamay.
Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy
Percy Allen
First thing whin they gits howld av a greeny the bhise throis to make him boite that same.
Two Little Savages
Ernest Thompson Seton
The other man went on smoking and staring at the boite de surprises as if he were alone.
In the Wilderness
Robert Hichens
You won't pass many inspections without having to send you to the Boite.
Trooper 3809
Lionel Decle

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Examples from the Web for boite

Historical Examples

The boite ordinaire that grows away there in the plain, is called Gamay.

First thing whin they gits howld av a greeny the bhise throis to make him boite that same.

The other man went on smoking and staring at the boite de surprises as if he were alone.

You won't pass many inspections without having to send you to the Boite.

Origin of boîte