deed box
Britishnoun
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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 Tom Taylor
Wingrave, who had been engrossed in the contents of his deed box, watched him with immovable face.
From The Malefactor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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 Gene Stratton-Porter
I never touched his chest key in my life, till I handed him his deed box Friday afternoon.
From A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter
When Mr Burrows came in and received the news of Mr Burke’s death, his first idea was to open the deed box bearing his name, to see if there was a will there.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Walter Paget
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