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shoe-box, shoebox|ˈʃuːbɒks|
[shoe n.]
1. A box in which a pair of shoes is packed.
1860Emerson Cond. Life viii. Wks. (Bohn) II. 439, I cry you mercy, good shoe-box. 1897Westm. Gaz. 16 Feb. 12/1, I gathered a bunch large enough to nearly fill an ordinary shoe-box. 1930J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 101 A small house like a shoebox. 1970J. Earl Tuners & Amplifiers i. 14 A modern stereo amplifier capable of yielding 20 watts..is nowadays barely larger than a shoe box.
2. fig. A building or part of a building resembling a shoe-box. Also attrib.
1968Listener 1 Aug. 134/2 Leeds hasn't changed much. There are a few changes. Some of those glass shoe-boxes have been plonked down at random in the city centre. 1972Times 8 June (Birmingham Suppl.) p.v/4 The mandatory shoe-box buildings. 1978N. Freeling Night Lords xxxiii. 153 Bianchi..waved casually at the building; the usual pile of open shoe-boxes. 1979M. A. Sharp Sunflower iii. 29 Shoebox buildings, nestled together like children's blocks. |