51Թ

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shoebox

Or shoe box

[shoo-boks]

noun

  1. an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.

  2. any house, building, or other construction likened to a shoebox because of its shape or cramped area.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shoebox1

First recorded in 1855–60; shoe + box 1
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He works in an office plaza, lives in a shoebox apartment with vellum-thin walls and socializes at his choice of nearby casual dining establishments with names like Flingers and Chotchkie’s Bar & Grill.

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The statement also mentioned a decade-old report which said that the relics were left forgotten in a shoebox, suggesting that custodianship also included "safe upkeep".

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I scooped my jewelry into a shoebox with my passport.

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The beds were strewn with clothes and empty shoeboxes.

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He kept tranquilisers in a shoebox in the garage, and switched brands because the first tasted "too salty" to be surreptitiously added to his wife's food and drink, he said later.

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