pencil box

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of pencil box

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

“If you come into a little bit of wealth, meaning if you got a new skirt or a new school outfit or a pencil box, automatically it was like, ‘Where did you get that from?’

From Washington Times

For the Auburn district, making bulk purchases — like 90,000 glue sticks and 18,000 pencil boxes — take planning, budgeting and negotiating.

From Seattle Times

I can go back to my elementary school years and remember clearly fountain pens, pencil boxes and cloak closets.

From Washington Post

A girl’s pencil box is open and askew.

From Los Angeles Times

The affidavit says police found three empty or mostly empty bottles of methadone that had been prescribed to Compass in an unlocked child’s Avengers pencil box.

From Seattle Times