jewel case

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noun

a small box or chest, often lined in a soft fabric and fitted with compartments, designed to hold jewelry.

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Also called jewel box.

Origin of jewel case

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby jewel case

Jew, Jew-baiting, jewel, jewel block, jewel box, jewel case, jeweler, jewelers' putty, jeweler's saw frame, jewelfish, jeweller

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How to use jewel case in a sentence

Automatically, as a result of habit, she unlocked her jewel-case and took out a tiny phial containing minute cachets.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
I promised to show you an old jewel-case this afternoon, said Mrs. Towne in a lighter tone.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
In the late twilight Dr. Towne returned; Tessa was still listening, with the jewel-case in her lap.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
She left the jewel-case when on her journey through London for safety; she is a particularly careful person, forethoughtful.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith

My host bolted the doors of his private cabinet, and took from the secret part of a wall cupboard the queen's jewel-case.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood

British Dictionary definitions for jewel case

jewel case

jewel box

noun

a box, usually ornamental, in which jewels are kept

a plastic case for a compact disc

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