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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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