FALSE BOTTOM Definition & Meaning

false bottom

noun

a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of false bottom¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

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They might hide the products in a false bottom in a box.

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You can create a false bottom in the seat.

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But then Leonard took out the bottom of the trunk—it had been a false bottom.

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The “feet section” has a false bottom built into the rolling table the box is sitting on.

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The heart-stories behind the mailboxes are discreetly pasted, painted, hammered and welded into their forms like love letters secreted into the false bottom drawer of a writing desk.

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