单词 | workbox |
释义 | > as lemmasworkbox workbox n. (a) a box for storing or holding materials for sewing, etc.; (b) a box used when working, esp. a tool box. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > box, bag, or case work basket1579 workbox1605 housewife1735 work bag1745 working box1773 housewife-case1817 1605 P. Erondelle French Garden sig. E7v I haue not my siluer thimble, it is within my worke-boxe. 1790 F. Burney Diary Jan. (1842) V. 85 Everything..was spread about as on any common day—workboxes, netting-cases, etc. etc! 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) viii. 74 Berry brought out a little workbox,..and fell to working busily. 1911 Sat. Evening Post 30 Sept. 33/2 Often the workman had more gold scrap by weight in his workbox than the shot would balance. 1957 N.Y. Times 25 July ii. 12/3 The charts were..found in the false bottom of a workbox that belonged to Captain Kidd's widow. 2002 Pop. Crafts Nov. 65/4 I have a yard of Bruges lace that I just pull out of my workbox now and again to look at—I may do something with it one day! 2007 C. Todd False Mirror xxix. 362 In my workbox there's a ball-peen hammer I don't recognize. < as lemmas |
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