workbox

American  

[wurk-boks] / ˈwɜrkˌbɒks /

noun

1. a box to hold instruments and materials for work, especially needlework.

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Etymology

Origin of workbox

First recorded in 1805–15; work + box ¹

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Example Sentences

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workbox

They did a really good job of the guitar tech’s workbox, but I kept thinking, “None of this ever happened.”

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2016

If you'll unlock the workbox on my dressing-table, you'll find the half-sovereign in the lid.

From A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story by Angela Brazil

Small table L. with workbox, etc., on it.

From The Cat and Fiddle Book Eight Dramatised Nursery Rhymes for Nursery Performers by Lady Florence Bell

I went to the cupboard where Bettina and I each had a shelf, and brought out an old wooden workbox.

From My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins

There was her ivory workbox, with her initials in silver and turquoise on it, and her small gold thimble had rolled into a corner of the drawer.

From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley

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