workbox
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of workbox
Example Sentences
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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
She put back the letters in the workbox-lid, behind the scissors; replaced the workbox on its table as before, and returned to her mother.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
He was going from home—to London, as usual; and the night before he went, I had found in his sister's workbox a lock of black hair—a short, round curl.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
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 Brazil, Angela
Her desk and workbox she was fain to place on the floor, for the small dressing-table would accommodate no more than her dressing-case, devotional books, brushes and combs, pomatum-pots, and pinboxes.
From Vixen, Volume III. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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