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shoebox

or shoe box

[ shoo-boks ]

noun

  1. an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.
  2. any house, building, or other construction likened to a shoebox because of its shape or cramped area.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shoebox1

First recorded in 1855–60; shoe + box 1
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I scooped my jewelry into a shoebox with my passport.

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The beds were strewn with clothes and empty shoeboxes.

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He kept tranquilisers in a shoebox in the garage, and switched brands because the first tasted "too salty" to be surreptitiously added to his wife's food and drink, he said later.

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“There’s a shoebox with some things that are special to me,” she said.

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And somewhere at home in a shoebox of treasures is a prized photo of my father and his fishing buddy holding up the two gorgeous natural wonders.

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