workbox

[wurk-boks]

noun

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

Origin of workbox

First recorded in 1805–15; work + box¹

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Examples from the Web for workbox

Historical Examples of workbox

You touched a spring in its waistband and it flew open, and then it was a workbox.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean
May Sinclair
She poured the gruel into a bowl, and then went over to her workbox.
Tip Lewis and His Lamp
Pansy
She took a letter from the lid of her workbox, and handed it to him.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Thomas Hardy
Miss Snow has probably lost the key of the workbox you gave her.
Orley Farm
Anthony Trollope
She took Reuben's picture from the window, and laid it on her workbox.
Stories in Light and Shadow
Bret Harte