workbox

[ wurk-boks ]

/ ˈwɜrkˌbɒks /

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

Nearby words

First recorded in 1805–15; work + box¹

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
Miss Snow has probably lost the key of the workbox you gave her.
Orley Farm|Anthony Trollope
The virginal was usually of oblong shape, often resembling a lady's workbox.
For Every Music Lover|Aubertine Woodward Moore
I'm as certain as that I'm sitting here that Georgina stole those poems out of my workbox.
How He Lied to Her Husband|George Bernard Shaw

It must be fun to be like a tiny, round-headed pin in a pin-cushion and just mock at the Workbox.
Memoirs of a Midget|Walter de la Mare