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mitre box

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noun

  1. an open-ended box with sides having narrow slots to guide a saw in cutting mitre joints

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There," cried Townsend, as he chanced to stumble over the carpenter's mitre box, which stood in the way, "there's a good omen for me.

From The Parent's Assistant by Edgeworth, Maria

I've stumbled on the mitre box; I shall certainly be a bishop.'

From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Edgeworth, Maria

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