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单词 hatbox
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hatboxn.

Brit. /ˈhatbɒks/, U.S. /ˈhætˌbɑks/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hat n., box n.2
Etymology: < hat n. + box n.2
A container used to store or transport a hat or hats, now usually a cylindrical box of stiff card with a flat lid, formerly a (sometimes hat-shaped) case typically of wood or leather. Cf. hat-case n.
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1689 R. Hooke Diary 18 Dec. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. Oxf. (1935) X. 172 From Waring a hat box...I paid Waring 22sh in full for beveret and lining.
1729 Case between Proprietors of News-papers 6 Every old Trunk and Hat-Box can furnish you with Speculations of this Kind.
1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 228 A hat-box is a convenience for carrying hats, made of stout leather, in the exact form of a hat.
1825 Law Chron. 10 Nov. 359/1 Wood Francis.., hatter.., hat tip and hat box maker.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 228 The two bags, the leather hat-box, and the brown paper parcel.
1891 M. Oliphant Mem. L. Oliphant II. xi. 152 Standing before a table on which his hat-box answered the purpose of a desk.
1927 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 22 Feb. 719/1 Pullman... Trunks, Hand Bags, Traveling Bags, Suit Cases, Grips, Satchels, and Hatboxes.
1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 194/3 He had seen the shiny hatbox—insignia of the model—on the hall chest.
2014 J. Ellison Small Indiscretion xxxi. 215 The hatbox came into my possession when I purchased an off-white silk pillbox hat with a little veil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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