paybox
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of paybox
Example Sentences
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On our presenting ourselves at the paybox we were gruffly directed to go round to Castle Street, and were informed that we were half-an-hour behind our time.
From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Chap in the paybox there got away James Stephens, they say.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Eleven bank-notes were thrust into a paybox at one time for eleven stalls.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
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