deed box
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Your first secretary tried to open your deed box.
From Honorine by Balzac, Honoré de
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)
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
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
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 Stratton-Porter, Gene
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