Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A box or case for a hat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box in which a hat is kept or carried, often of stout leather and approximately of the shape of the hat.
- noun A small light trunk, nearly cubical in shape, containing a tray or compartment for a hat or bonnet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A box for a hat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A piece of
luggage for ahat ; acase orbox for a hat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a round piece of luggage for carrying hats
Etymologies
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Examples
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She and Margie then went to the spare bedroom, where Myra pulled a long flat garment box and a hatbox from the closet.
GINNY BATES ON HALLOWEEN Maggie Jochild 2007
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The Lolita Pomegranate Margarita and Martini glasses are sold individually, for about $25 each, and they come in beautiful "hatbox" - style packaging that needs no wrapping.
Blisstree 2009
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Albert carried Sue May's hatbox and carpetbag, and I struggled from the first with my Samsonite.
Locust Valley Breakdown Andrew Edwards 2012
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A hatbox, a jewelry box, and three bags have joined the shoebox.
Mariya Yefremova: The Case for Being Sentimental Mariya Yefremova 2011
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Taking the hatbox and carpetbag, she went back on the trail, a receding frail figure in a burgundy dress.
Locust Valley Breakdown Andrew Edwards 2012
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“Such a well-appointed room,” Miss Osborne commented, stepping around a ribboned hatbox as if she were avoiding a pile of dog waste.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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A hatbox, a jewelry box, and three bags have joined the shoebox.
Mariya Yefremova: The Case for Being Sentimental Mariya Yefremova 2011
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“Such a well-appointed room,” Miss Osborne commented, stepping around a ribboned hatbox as if she were avoiding a pile of dog waste.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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“Such a well-appointed room,” Miss Osborne commented, stepping around a ribboned hatbox as if she were avoiding a pile of dog waste.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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An antique leather hatbox has found new life as a drinks table.
bilby commented on the word hatbox
"Fleur looked down her nose at Guilliame, something she was accomplished at, being six foot three in her stocking feet, and having one of those long French noses, not pert like Bridget Bardot’s, but more like the one that Charles De Gaulle had when he was still alive and President of France and he wore that cap that was shaped like a little hatbox with a bill in the front to offset his nose, but it didn’t work."
- Marguerite Ahl, Grand Panjandrum's Special Award (Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2009).
July 2, 2009