† long boxn.Obsolete a box used to transport the wares of a hawker of books.Apparently an isolated use.
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long boxa1643
a1643 W. CartwrightOrdinary (1651) iii. v. 52 I shall live to see thee Stand in a Play-house doore with thy long box, Thy half-crown Library, and cry small Books.