hatbox
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hatbox
Example Sentences
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As in the past, customers’ heads are measured with a Victorian-looking contraption called a conformateur; purchases come in a hand-cut, paper-and-card hatbox, a souvenir in and of itself.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2018
Carter-Willis keeps a hatbox in her home jammed with press clippings, important documents and pictures related to her son’s case.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2017
Next comes Keith, who is quiet, at least, but arrives with a mysterious hatbox and a shovel.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2011
"When my family discovered that my widowed grandmother kept a handgun in a hatbox, we didn't have a problem with it because she grew up shooting jackrabbits and rattlesnakes in West Texas," Burnam said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 26, 2011
And when she found a tiny orphaned baby blue monkey, she smuggled him back to New York in a hatbox.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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