scrapbox
nounEtymology From scrap + box.
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A box for storing fragments of material or documents etc. that may be of use or interest at a later time.
- If you work with an institution that has a costume department ask for leftover pieces. If not, do not throw away anything that might be of use. Keep a scrapbox of odds and ends.2013, Pauline Koner, Elements of Performance, page 77:
- But, speculating that there might be lost playscripts hidden behind the panelling at the house where Shakespeare's granddaughter died, and keeping a scrapbox labelled 'Shakespeare's Manuscripts', Halliwell-Phillipps betrayed secret hopes that were never to be fulfilled.2021, Lena Cowen Orlin, The Private Life of William Shakespeare: