shoebox

[ shoo-boks ]

/ ˈʃuˌbɒks /

an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.

any house, building, or other construction likened to a shoebox because of its shape or cramped area.

Origin of shoebox

First recorded in 1855–60; shoe + box¹

“Not a big seller,” she says, pulling out a shoebox with a few Benedict tokens.

The Seedy Side of Sainthood: Was John Paul II Canonized Too Fast? |Barbie Latza Nadeau |April 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He left the box, walking off into the gathering crowd, and this mastodon seemed to spring into being where the shoebox had been.

Political Application |John Victor Peterson
We were hungry; so we spread out the shoebox lunch on one of the Cluny-lace covers and ate it, mostly in silence.

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When I returned the head barber handed me quite a large box—a shoebox—with a string tied round it.

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