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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items..
There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues.
On the evening of Easter Sunday the gypsies of Southern Europe take a wooden vessel like a band-box, which rests cradle-wise on two cross pieces of wood.
Use bandbox when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bandbox means A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items..
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There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues.
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