deed box
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On the table was a large deed box of papers, which Rocke had left for his inspection.
From The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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
Wingrave, who had been engrossed in the contents of his deed box, watched him with immovable face.
From The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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
It might be well to look in the deed box.
From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter
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