packing-case

He procured a packing-case from the woodpile in the cellar, fitted

Chapter 34 2010

And they didn't sing any hymns about milk and honey and Canaan, either; no, sir, it was a very different anthem, plunked out on a banjo by a young chap in a striped vest, with his girl dancing impromptu on a packing-case, and everyone thumping the tailboards-I daresay you know the tune well enough, although it was new then, but I'll be bound you don't know the words the Forty-Niners sang:

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

He perched on a packing-case, cradling his knee, and gave me his quizzy look.

Watershed 2010

A huge packing-case affair, complete with exposed struts and sacking was, according to pictorial hints in the programme, supposed to evoke the Wailing Wall or the ruins of Kabul or Palmyra.

Aida; Elegy for Young Lovers; O Sonho 2010

He seated himself on his packing-case again, blowing smoke-rings and watching them hang motionless in that windless cavern, while my skin crawled.

Watershed 2010

The marking was done in the same way as in 81º S., with this difference, that here the pieces of packing-case had small, dark blue strips of cloth fastened to the top, which made them easier to see.

The South Pole~ Depot Journeys 2009

Between 82º and 81º we came into our old marks of the second depot journey; on that trip we had marked this distance with splinters of packing-case at every geographical mile.

The South Pole~ The Return to Framheim 2009

The small pieces of packing-case that had been used as marks on each side of the depot could be seen a long way off.

The South Pole~ The Start for the Pole 2009

The cross-marking of the depot was done with sixty splinters of black packing-case on each side, with 100 paces between each.

The South Pole~ At the Pole 2009

A packing-case — a coffin, perhaps — took the place of a commode, a butter-pot served for a drinking-fountain, a straw mattress served for a bed, the floor served instead of tables and chairs.

Les Miserables 2008