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
He and his wife collected all manner of odd things — from washboards to misspelled restaurant menus to hatbox papers.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2012
"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
“Yes,” she’d told him, grinning, looking up from the hatbox before he’d even had to ask.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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