BANDBOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bandbox mean? 

• BANDBOX (noun)
  The noun BANDBOX has 1 sense:

1. a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)

  Familiarity information: BANDBOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANDBOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bandbox" is a kind of...):

box (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid)

 Context examples 

“Now,” said she, “light my little lantern, and see me into my bandbox by the garden path”; for there was a communication between our cottages in that direction.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I am glad I bought my bonnet, if it is only for the fun of having another bandbox!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

To Hannah I give the bandbox she wanted and all the patchwork I leave hoping she 'will remember me, when it you see'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Farther discussion was prevented by various bustles: first, the driver came to be paid; then there was a squabble between Sam and Rebecca about the manner of carrying up his sister's trunk, which he would manage all his own way; and lastly, in walked Mr. Price himself, his own loud voice preceding him, as with something of the oath kind he kicked away his son's port-manteau and his daughter's bandbox in the passage, and called out for a candle; no candle was brought, however, and he walked into the room.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Don't shut yourself up in a bandbox because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take your part in the world's work, for it all affects you and yours.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)