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
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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
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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
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And nothing quite fills the treasure-chest as richly and as rewardingly.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Filling the treasure-chest 2008
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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USB treasure-chest opens when you key password into PC
Boing Boing: January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 Archives 2006
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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.
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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.
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