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Definition of Pencil box
1. Noun. A box for holding pencils.
Definition of Pencil box
1. Noun. An object purposed to contain different stationery like pencil, rubber, correction fluid, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pencil Box
Literary usage of Pencil box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Object lessons and how to give them by George Ricks (1883)
"A SLATE-pencil box. THE teacher may have on the table any other small boxes* for
comparison and illustration. Teacher [holding the box before the.class] ..."
2. First Year in French by Louis Charles Syms (1895)
"I open a pencil box ; what am I doing ? You open a pencil box. Do I open a pencil
box? Yes, you open a pencil box. Open a window ; what are you doing ? ..."
3. The Stone-Millis Arithmetics by John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis (1914)
"A pencil and a penholder ? 2. An eraser and a tablet ? 3. A ruler and a pencil box ?
4. A penholder and a bottle of ink ? 5. A blank book and a pencil box? ..."
4. The Stone-Millis Arithmetics by John Charles Stone (1915)
"A pencil and a penholder ? 2. An eraser and a tablet ? 3. A ruler and a pencil box ?
4. A penholder and a bottle of ink ? s. A blank book and a pencil box? ..."
5. Elementary Lessons in English for Home and School Use by Nelly Lloyd Knox Heath (1881)
"Tr. How many of you think that we might call the pencil, box, knife, etc. things ?
— HR — Tr. Yes, they are things. Who can think of another word which we ..."