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box room

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noun British.
  1. a storage room, especially one for trunks, suitcases, etc.
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Origin of box room

First recorded in 1925–30
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Historical Examples

  • That night Hildebrand secretly slept in the boxroom, on a pile of newspapers, with a rag-bag and a hearthrug over him.

    Oswald Bastable and Others

    Edith Nesbit

  • Looking out of the boxroom window was like looking down on the top of a green forest, Phyllis always thought.

British Dictionary definitions for boxroom

boxroom

noun
  1. a small room or large cupboard in which boxes, cases, etc, may be stored
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