packing case

a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.

QUIZZES

It’d be a real faux pas to miss this quiz on the words from August 3–9, 2020!

Question 1 of 7

What does “vacillate” mean?

Also called packing box .

I was sitting there upon a packing-case when a man came down the road and stopped under the same shelter.
The Doings Of Raffles Haw|Arthur Conan Doyle
Her hold on the latch relaxed, and she sat down on the packing-case between them.
Country Neighbors|Alice Brown
Godfrey with evident difficulty lifted the packing-case, staggered a few steps with it and then set it down.
The Red Hand of Ulster|George A. Birmingham
The packing-case shaped like a coffin had been set down on the floor by the ex-cook and his slave.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie

He laughed, and delved into a packing-case for the seltzogene.
Men, Women and Guns|H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile