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Work´box`
n.1.A box for holding instruments or materials for work.
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Noun1.workbox - container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
sewing basket - a workbasket in which sewing materials can be stored
Translations
workbox [ˈwɜːkbɒks] N (Sew) → neceser m de costura
workbox [ˈwɜːkˌbɒks] n (for sewing) → cofanetto da lavoro


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It's a slow process of acclimatisation so that by the time the kitchen fitters arrive we'll barely notice the additional workboxes and lack of kitchen facilities.
He marvels at the knick-knacks with which, within an hour of entering her lodgings in Brighton, Lady Ann heaps the tables: the workboxes, wondrous inkstands, portfolios, perpetual calendars, scissor-cases and miniature gilt easels to hold family-portraits (Newcomes, ch.
 
 
 
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