playbox

English

Etymology

play + box

Noun

playbox (plural playboxes)

  1. A box for storing playthings; a toybox.
    • 1915, Rudyard Kipling, Mary Postgate
      [] she brought down in the towel-covered clothes-basket, on the wheel-barrow, [] a playbox with a secret drawer []
    • 1947, Viola Hening, Fun with scraps (page 126)
      These paper and print designs may be used to decorate nursery playboxes []
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