jewel casen.
/ˈdʒuː(ə)l keɪs/, U.S. /ˈdʒu(ə)l ˌkeɪs/ 1. A box or case in which jewellery is stored, protected, or presented. Cf. jewel box n. 1a.In quot. 1658, as part of an extended metaphor.
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1658 J. Eliot Poems 78 Sometimes she a Iewell case is:..a Case wherein she locks her honour.
1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 59 He came up into my chamber in the Morning, and laid out his Jewel-Case.
1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 368 This jewel-case Mary had given Dick on his birthday.
1993 E. Richmond Love of my Heart (BNC) vi. Phena was in there, rifling through her mother's jewel case.
2. A shallow, hard plastic case in which a CD is packaged or stored, consisting of two transparent halves hinged together at one side, the front half being designed to hold a square cover or booklet and the back half containing a tray which receives the disc and holds it in place. Cf. jewel box n. 3.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for other specific articles
stone-case1664
pewter-case1679
notecase1805
cardholder1821
umbrella-case1850
button holder1864
card carrier1901
jewel case1986
1986 Times Reporter (Dover, Ohio) 7 Dec. d2/2 The DiscJockey [sc. a car CD player and changer] beats the heck out of trying to remove a CD from its jewel case and insert it into the player while cruising down the highway.
2013 T. Pynchon Bleeding Edge xxvi. 283 He hands her a disc in a jewel case.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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