pencil box
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pencil box
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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“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 • Sep. 4, 2022
In what counts for a lull, Mr. Grams reached toward a pencil box and set to work, carefully charting the conditions of the nation’s midsection.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2019
Of course, you cannot easily justify placing an antique pencil box on your coat-and-bag-attracting chair; design can’t save us in all cases.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2014
He could see that the Frenchman was holding some paper, his pencil box, holding them on his lap as if he were sitting in a class.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 26, 2010
It was then I noticed that Millie’s pencil box and paper flowers and Andrea’s fortune-telling cards were still under the tree and I began to feel sorry for myself all over again.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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