pencil box
noun
a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
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Origin of pencil box
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby pencil box
penchant, penché, Penchi, pencil, pencil beam, pencil box, pencil cedar, pencil crayon, pencil gate, penciliform, penciling
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Example sentences from the Web for pencil box
Who's that one in the green jersey who sat by the window and dropped her pencil-box?
A Fortunate Term|Angela BrazilEverything in her pencil-box was examined, and laid back with care, the slate-rag folded and tucked under the moist sponge.
The Little Colonel in Arizona|Annie Fellows Johnston