musical box

noun

Chiefly British.

1. music box.

Word History and Origins

Origin of musical box¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

What are your thoughts on breaking the barrier of genre and not staying within a musical box?

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For a while, it seemed as if the stars of the movie, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, had conquered not only the movie musical box office jinx but also all of social media.

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Woo hammers the loss with a deliberateness that feels desperate: oppressive blue gloom, a slumping Christmas tree with unopened presents, a twinkly musical box that evokes sadness.

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Britain's government sent Queen Elizabeth a specially-commissioned musical box to mark her platinum jubilee, depicting on its lid the black front door of the Prime Minister's Number 10 Downing Street office.

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The platinum mounted, enamel-on-copper musical box also featured portraits of the 14 British prime ministers she has met during her reign.

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