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Definition of Hatbox
1. Noun. A round piece of luggage for carrying hats.
Definition of Hatbox
1. n. A box for a hat.
Definition of Hatbox
1. Noun. A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hatbox
1. a box for a hat [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatbox
Literary usage of Hatbox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Necessity for Criminal Appeal: As Illustrated by the Maybrick Case and by Florence Elizabeth Chandler Maybrick, Joseph Hiam Levy (1899)
"The first hatbox you found in your search—where was it ? ... Yes, but I am asking
you about the first hatbox—were the hat- boxes standing beside each other, ..."
2. The Maybrick Case: A Treatise ... on the Facts of the Case, and of the by Alexander William Macdougall (1891)
"Q. YM, but I am asking you about the first hatbox. Were the hats standing beside
each other ... Q. In the second hatbox, which you ray was standing near tie ..."
3. Basic Math Skills Grade 5 by Wes Tuttle (2003)
"Jeremiah was cutting along the edges of a hatbox. The hatbox had a cylindrical
shape to it. After he cut the edges, he laid them out flat, creating the net ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"You can buy a portmanteau, with a hatbox inside, and there you are. ready for
what COOK'S Compiler would probably call " occasions ; " but I notice that ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"I went on pretty well till on the borders of Tartary, when, as I depended on my
patent chain, my great trunk and hatbox were cut off from behind my chaise. ..."
6. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"inquired Mr. Peter Magnus, when the striped bag, and the red bag, and the
brown-paper parcel, and the leather hatbox had all been deposited in the passage. ..."
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