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jewel box

A usually lined box or case for holding jewelry. Also called jewel case.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

jew′el box`

1. a small case for jewelry or other valuables.

2. a hinged plastic case for the storage of a compact disc.

[1825–35]

Translations

jewel box

, jewel case

n → Schmuckkästchen nt, → Schmuckkasten m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

jewel box

jewel case n → (cofanetto) portagioie m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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To examine and arrange these things gave Amy great satisfaction, especially the jewel cases, in which on velvet cushions reposed the ornaments which had adorned a belle forty years ago.

"I wish I knew where all these pretty things would go when Aunt March dies," she said, as she slowly replaced the shining rosary and shut the jewel cases one by one.

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I'll never forget how you lectured us all on causes and inferences and effects in the Bishopgate jewel case. It's true you set us on the right track; but you'll own now that it was more by good luck than good guidance."

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At the bottom of the circle, as if enclosed in a jewel case, sparkled for one instant two or three eruptive cones, like enormous dazzling gems.

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"They smashed open glass jewel cases with axes," said a source at the hotel in Place Vendome.

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She also says that at grocery, smaller pack sizes are much more popular than larger sizes, adding that "grab-and-go" packs such as disc packs with no jewel cases are becoming more popular.

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David also specializes in "jewel cases" which are essentially identical to what we would call thumbnail cabinets, 16 to 20 inches wide, with three to six drawers--or, probably, however many you want.