hatbox
nounEtymology From hat + box.
1
A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat.
- A green and pink plaid hat box contains eight more hatboxes that can be stacked like a set of Russian nesting dolls.1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024:
- Get a whiff of the models that served our grandfathers well: They now combine the must of a midcentury hatbox with the musk of 21st-century body spray.2015 November 24, Troy Patterson, “The Winter Hat Trick”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2019:
- Hypernyms
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