BANDBOX Definition & Meaning

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bandbox

[ band-boks ]

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noun

a lightweight box of pasteboard, thin wood, etc., for holding a hat, clerical collars, or other articles of apparel.
an area or structure that is smaller in dimensions or size than the standard:
It's easy to hit home runs out of this bandbox.

bandbox

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noun

a lightweight usually cylindrical box used for holding small articles, esp hats

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bandbox¹

First recorded in 1625–35; band ² + box ¹

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A small male human in a bandbox hat and many buttons operated the elevator.

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“And the stadium they have now? That is a real bandbox they have now. That place is unbelievable.”

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But the ultra-cozy bandbox nestled in the center of Maryland’s campus was also an asset for the Huskies’ hitters.

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Seton Hall and Providence had to play the remaining 13:03 the next day at Alumni Hall, the on-campus bandbox that had never hosted a Big East men’s basketball game.

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“No, she can’t bear fashionable young men, and she’d shut us all up in bandboxes rather than have us associate with them.”

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