deed box

British  

noun

1. a lockable metal box for storing documents

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Example Sentences

Mr. Dwerrihouse pulled out his deed box, put his travelling-cap in his pocket, resumed his hat, took down his umbrella, and prepared to be gone.

From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

Before I left I gave him a drink, an' he asked me to feel in his pants pocket an' get the key an' hand him the deed box, till he'd see if everything was right.

From A Daughter of the Land by Stratton-Porter, Gene

It might be well to look in the deed box.

From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter

The box indicated was one of ordinary thin sheet iron, japanned black—something like what is called a deed box.

From The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Morrison, Arthur

Mur I found the Ravensdale mortgage while rumaging in an old deed box of Coyle's father's, there was a folded paper inside the deed.

From Our American Cousin by Taylor, Tom