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packing box

British  

noun

  1. another name for stuffing box

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Six chicks arrived in a packing box, gift of a friend’s daughters.

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2021

They finally caught him and he was kept in a packing box in the office and fed turkey steak until he was taken to a local cattery to prevent further escape.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2013

Years ago he’d bought his children an art table with cubbyholes and drawers, only to have a eureka moment: “I found them playing in the hall with the packing box and the foam.”

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2011

John throws it away, but it turns up in a packing box after they move.

From Washington Post

The wind drove me into a side street where a group of boys had set a packing box afire.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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