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ˈpowder-box
A box for holding powder. †a. A box for powdered spice or salt. Obs. b. A box for carrying or containing gunpowder. c. A box for toilet-powder, usually also containing a powder-puff. d. A box with small holes in the lid, for sprinkling powder or sand upon writing to prevent blotting; a pounce-box.
1403Nottingham Rec. II. 20, j. poudrebox. 1424in E. E. Wills (1882) 57 Powderbox and salers of siluere. 1679Lond. Gaz. No. 1452/4 Two silver Powder-boxes with a large buckle engraved on the lid of them. 1704Steele Lying Lover iii. i. 34 Betty, bring the Powder Box to your Lady. 1713Gay Fan i. 129 There stands the Toilette..The patch, the powder-box, pulville, perfumes. 1895Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 172/2 Powder Boxes—Puff, ea. 7/5, 9/4, [etc.]. 1925Heal & Son Catal.: Glass, Powder Box. Height 6 in. Price 9/6. 1949Dædalian Q. Fall 26 Powder box, powder box, powder your nose, How many petals are in a rose? 1979G. Latta tr. Jacquemard-Sénécal's Eleventh Little Nigger i. v. 46 He was still clutching his powder-box and puff in his clenched hands. |