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strongbox

[ strawng-boks, strong- ]

noun

  1. a strongly made, lockable box or chest for safeguarding valuable possessions, as money, jewels, or documents.


strongbox

/ ˈٰɒŋˌɒ /

noun

  1. a specially designed box or safe in which valuables are locked for safety
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of strongbox1

First recorded in 1675–85; strong + box 1
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The company has now announced the £B will be "exiting circulation" and is encouraging those "who still have notes sitting around the house in draws, or behind tills in strongboxes" to return them.

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The outlet shared Damore saw a metal strongbox later that evening under his father’s bed.

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But he wouldn’t mind if someone was able to retrieve his strongbox and the brand-new sword he left in it when he and others abandoned ship 77 years ago.

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Roughly half the sales floor is lined with all size and manner of safes, or strongboxes, while much of the rest is dedicated to the latest technology in home security.

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Puttering around with strongbox in hand, Kelsey Painter paints a droll version of the avaricious Bernard Bottomdollar, who arrives at the Hotel MacGuffin on a dark and stormy night.

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