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Pillbox
//ˈpɪl bɑːks// noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 A small box in which pills are kept.
"There is a list of possessions auctioned after her death – her pillboxes and playing cards, two silver-mounted ivory lemon-squeezers."
- 2 a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete) wordnet
- 3 A flat, concrete gun emplacement.
"It was reported that the Germans had established trench works in front of the pillboxes. The enemy was said to have taken refuge from American fire in the pillboxes, later emerging to take up the trench positions."
- 4 a small case for holding pills wordnet
- 5 A doctor's carriage. archaic, slang
"The doctor generously told him where he lived in a loud and audible manner, gave him half-a-crown, and was about ascending his pill-box, after bidding him call upon him, in a day or two, when a servant in a splendid livery stepped forward from the hotel […]"
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- 6 a small round woman's hat wordnet
Etymology
From pill + box.
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