pouncet box
a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
Origin of pouncet box
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How to use pouncet box in a sentence
Mine own beauteous pouncet box, with the forget-me-nots in turquoises round each little hole.
Grisly Grisell | Charlotte M. YongeAs to the coming of the agate and the pouncet box, the minds of the boys were very hazy.
The Armourer's Prentices | Charlotte M. YongeSir Robert, a silver pouncet-box (a kind of vinaigrette) filled with scent.
Joyce Morrell's Harvest | Emily Sarah HoltThe archbishop shrugged his shoulders, and applied to his nostrils a small pouncet-box of dainty essences.
The Last Of The Barons, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonThe old eyes brightened o'er the pouncet-box, Remembering loves, and brawls, and mains of cocks.
King Cole | John Masefield
British Dictionary definitions for pouncet box
/ (ˈpaʊnsɪt) /
a box with a perforated top used for containing perfume
Origin of pouncet box
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