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n. - A light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats).

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  • He said this one's playing like a "bandbox," and that he'd told Mark Teixeira he should hit 50 home runs here.
  • A kind of bandbox freshness, and who kindled a perception of raciness in a mind to which the usual fare of life seemed unsalted.
  • Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place;
  • The other clothes were now in the bandbox and parcel.
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