Definitions
a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)
Word origin
From band + box.
Used in a sentence
“There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse conduces / To gazings which the gazer often rues.”
“On the evening of Easter Sunday the gypsies of Southern Europe take a wooden vessel like a band-box, which rests cradle-wise on two cross pieces of wood.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Round hat case”7 letters
02“Hat container”7 letters
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