packing case
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They also know now is not the time to let up, with another chance coming Friday to free the Cup from its packing case and hold it high.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2014
It is not, like so much of today's large-scale construction, a handy commercial package, a shiny wraparound envelope, a packing case, a box of cards, a trick with mirrors.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2013
The fragile musical instruments were on their way to Huygens, in a custom-made packing case.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2010
One man saved his small daughter by pushing her ahead of him through the sludge on a packing case.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the broken end of the packing case a frog hopped and sat feeling the air for danger and then another joined him.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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