pouncet box

American  

[poun-sit] / ˈpaʊn sɪt /

noun

1. a small perfume box with a perforated lid.

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pouncet box British  

/ ˈpaʊnsɪt /

noun

1. a box with a perforated top used for containing perfume

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Etymology

Origin of pouncet box

1590–1600; pounce ² or pounce ³ + -et

Example Sentences

A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose.

From Project Gutenberg

“Yes, she’s a jolly nuisance sometimes,” said Lord Artingale, but only to evoke a pitying smile from Mr Perry-Morton, who, in spite of the decidedly annoyed looks of Cynthia and her lover, leaned his arm upon the carriage-door, and began talking to Julia, making James Magnus look like Harry Hotspur must have appeared when the “certain lord” came to him, holding the “pouncet box, which ever and anon he gave his nose.”

From Project Gutenberg

As to the coming of the agate and the pouncet box, the minds of the boys were very hazy.

From Project Gutenberg

They knew that the pouncet box had been conveyed through the attendants of the Abbot of Beaulieu, but they were only sure that from that time the belief had prevailed with their mother that her brother was prospering in the house of the all-powerful Wolsey.

From Project Gutenberg

Gifts had come from time to time, passed through a succession of servants and officials of the king, such as a coral and silver rosary, a jewelled bodkin, an agate carved with Saint Catherine, an ivory pouncet box with a pierced gold coin as the lid; but no letter with them, as indeed Hal Randall had never been induced to learn to read or write.

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