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
There, Dorothy Shakespear Pound, an English girl Ezra had married in 1914, served tea on a wooden packing case, and guests sat on chairs Pound had built.
From Time Magazine Archive
The frogs were gone from one sack and Lee’s packing case was getting crowded.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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