He said this one's playing like a "bandbox," and that he'd told Mark Teixeira he should hit 50 home runs here. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A kind of bandbox freshness, and who kindled a perception of raciness in a mind to which the usual fare of life seemed unsalted. From Wordnik.com. [The Portrait of a Lady] Reference
Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)] Reference
The other clothes were now in the bandbox and parcel. From Wordnik.com. [A Changed Man] Reference
“Hand me down the bandbox,” Mrs. Bittner told her. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
Mamma got that new bonnet out of the bandbox; Lizzy and. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
Besides these Charles held a bandbox between his knees. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
Louisa would call for, carrying a bandbox for the purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
But a chignon, a bandbox behind the noddle, she would not endure. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
NEW YORK — New Yankee Stadium no longer is playing like a bandbox. From Wordnik.com. [Yankee Stadium No Longer Home Run King] Reference
It had come through the Grand Prix unscratched, in bandbox condition. From Wordnik.com. [On The Beach]
"Do you suppose I shall ever forget that bandbox!" was the quick reply. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
She set a bandbox on a table and came forward, her face folded in worry. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
We had no impediments of "great trunk, little trunk, bandbox, and bundle.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
He also had a bandbox on his arm, belonging, no doubt, to the little woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Claverings] Reference
At the hour agreed upon, I was at the old bandbox-maker's; she was still out. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Ruth was to carry a bandbox and a case supposed to contain the family jewels. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm] Reference
Sighing a little, Sara turned toward her aunt, catching sight of the bandbox. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
He was sitting by the hearth impatient for her coming, with a bandbox by his side. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Her box and bandbox were strapped behind and Wilks had been dispatched with Lady O. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Lover]
Better a bloody end in a street scrap than the tender mercies of that bandbox bravo. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
I had brought only the supper: and the bandbox-maker and her children supplied the enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Your mother sent me last night a parcel of wax candles, and a bandbox full of small plumcakes. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
It was there this morning, and I saw her lassie going by with a bandbox in the middle of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
"If you saw my tiny bandbox of a room on the fourth floor you'd realise what a sybarite you are.". From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
The first disclosures of the little bandbox-maker created within me a wish that soon became a plan. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Verity handed her the bandbox, and she took off the lid and began rummaging through the tissue paper. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
They have not, however, that bandbox-like neatness which surprises the African traveller on the Camerones. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
"I beg to second the proposal," said a dapper young fellow, who looked as if he had stepped out of a bandbox. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
It is proper and grayish; laid out by rule and line; one might almost say as though it came out of a bandbox. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Nor was it confined to these ebullitions; for besides crushing a bandbox, with a bonnet in it, he seriously damaged. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
It was just a regular day for both women, who always have that knack of looking as if they stepped out of a bandbox. From Wordnik.com. [fashion advice?] Reference
I have no faith in mothers whose rooms are in apple-pie order, and who themselves might have stepped out of a bandbox. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Two Brides] Reference
Michael found himself landed with a bandbox tied with wide pink ribbon, bestowed on him by Elizabeth with a sweet smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
I have taken possession of my bedroom, unpacked my bandbox, sent Miss P. 's two letters to the twopenny post, been visited by. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
This little old man — fat, rosy, squat, and strong — always looked, in popular speech, as if he had stepped from a bandbox. From Wordnik.com. [A Start in Life] Reference
After the rough night Hammond had spent tossing and turning, he resented Smilow's bandbox appearance and unflappable composure. From Wordnik.com. [The Alibi]
Gerd's suit, freshly pressed that morning, was already rumpled, but the Navy psychologist was still miracu'lously bandbox-neat. From Wordnik.com. [The Fuzzy Papers]
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