chocolate-box
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of chocolate-box
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The next morning, I head back to the cathedral through Petite France, perhaps the most chocolate-box part of this wonderfully preserved city.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2018
On a street of chocolate-box Georgian houses in Bloomsbury, the Charles Dickens Museum will reopen in time for the author’s 200th birthday.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2012
Kirstie and Phil were helping a couple find a period rural property with "chocolate-box charm" for £450,000, along with "a tasty investment flat in London" for £250,000.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2011
The 1,436-sq-km national park is less touristy than the Yorkshire Dales, and contains chocolate-box villages and dramatic coastline as well as great stretches of moorland inhabited only by sheep.
From Time ● Jun. 17, 2010
That's because he put the letter inside the chocolate-box," explained Greta, "instead of outside.
From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard
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