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Definition of Play-box
1. Noun. A box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school).
Generic synonyms: Box
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Play-box
Literary usage of Play-box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1891)
"A Play Box or Bed. EVER since I have enjoyed the comforts of a "play box" I have
intended writing it up for other mothers. My box is three feet square and ..."
2. Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Edmund Routledge (1871)
"The reflection is not pleasant, but still it is very true, that the very same
play-box was used, a few months afterwards, as a receptacle for plum-cake, ..."
3. Manual of Play by William Byron Forbush (1914)
"When beginning any piece of work she would put him down in a warm, sunny spot in
his play box and hand him the box, rattling it a little at first to ..."
4. Public Characters of All Nations: Consisting of Biographical Accounts of (1823)
"... the entirety of a play- box, of which only one-half was his own. The play-box
was then alienated for a consideration, partly cash and partly a ..."
5. A New Biographical Dictionary, of 3000 Cotemporary Public Characters (1825)
"... purchase the entirety of a play- box, of which only one-half was his own.
The play-box was then alienated for a consideration, partly cash and partly a ..."
6. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1891)
"A Play Box or Bed. EVER since I have enjoyed the comforts of a "play box" I have
intended writing it up for other mothers. My box is three feet square and ..."
7. Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Edmund Routledge (1871)
"The reflection is not pleasant, but still it is very true, that the very same
play-box was used, a few months afterwards, as a receptacle for plum-cake, ..."
8. Manual of Play by William Byron Forbush (1914)
"When beginning any piece of work she would put him down in a warm, sunny spot in
his play box and hand him the box, rattling it a little at first to ..."
9. Public Characters of All Nations: Consisting of Biographical Accounts of (1823)
"... the entirety of a play- box, of which only one-half was his own. The play-box
was then alienated for a consideration, partly cash and partly a ..."
10. A New Biographical Dictionary, of 3000 Cotemporary Public Characters (1825)
"... purchase the entirety of a play- box, of which only one-half was his own.
The play-box was then alienated for a consideration, partly cash and partly a ..."
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