treasure-chest love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A strong box made to contain gold, silver, jewels, or other articles of value.
  • noun Figuratively, a treasury.

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Examples

  • So, to cut all short, we arrived, O my brothers, and I led the way up to 10-8, and they panted and smecked away the way up, and then they were thirsty, they said, so I unlocked the treasure-chest in my room and gave these ten-year-young devotchkas a real horrorshow Scotch - man apiece, though well filled with sneezy pins-and-needles soda.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • My stereo and my disc-cupboard were no longer there, nor was my locked treasure-chest that contained bottles and drugs and two shining clean syringes.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • And nothing quite fills the treasure-chest as richly and as rewardingly.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Filling the treasure-chest 2008

  • David Sifry has announced a treasure-chest of updates, including a fresh new look and an integrated approach to displaying search results.

    Technorati Media – a New Blog Advertising Network from Technorati 2007

  • This Japanese USB treasure-chest only opens when you connect it to a PC and enter the correct password into the (Japanese-only, Windows-only) software it comes with.

    Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Soil microorganisms are known to play an important role in holding, filtering and purifying ground water, but the UNEP says that the soils should also prove to be a treasure-chest for a vast quantity of drugs, including antibiotics and industrial products.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report January 2003 2006

  • Soil microorganisms are known to play an important role in holding, filtering and purifying ground water, but the UNEP says that the soils should also prove to be a treasure-chest for a vast quantity of drugs, including antibiotics and industrial products.

    Lloyd Mexico Economic Report January 2003 2006

  • USB treasure-chest opens when you key password into PC

    Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives 2006

  • She had had hosts of dear, dear, darling, friends ere now, and had quite a little museum of locks of hair in her treasure-chest, which she had gathered in the course of her sentimental progress.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • Yet paradoxically, as some companies batten down the hatches, other firms have found ways of making money by opening up their treasure-chest of innovation and sharing it with others.

    A Market for Ideas | Impact Lab 2005

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