housemaid's box
now chiefly historical
noun
A box with a container for ashes and a tray above for brushes, dusters, etc., used when cleaning out a fireplace.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Catalogue Tin, Japanned, & Zinc Wares.
- past mistress
- pastness
- pastophor
- pastophore
- pastophorium
- pastophorus
- pastor
- pastora
- pastorage
- pastoral
- pastoral charge
- pastoral company
- pastoral district
- pastorale
- Pastoral Epistle
- Pastoral Epistles
- pastoralia
- pastoralise
- pastoralism
- pastoralist
- pastorality
- pastoralization
- pastoralize
- pastoralized
- pastoral lease