workbox

[ wurk-boks ]

/ ˈwɜrkˌbɒks /

a box to hold instruments and materials for work, especially needlework.

Origin of workbox

First recorded in 1805–15; work + box¹

You touched a spring in its waistband and it flew open, and then it was a workbox.

Life and Death of Harriett Frean |May Sinclair
Miss Snow has probably lost the key of the workbox you gave her.

Orley Farm |Anthony Trollope
The virginal was usually of oblong shape, often resembling a lady's workbox.

For Every Music Lover |Aubertine Woodward Moore
I'm as certain as that I'm sitting here that Georgina stole those poems out of my workbox.

How He Lied to Her Husband |George Bernard Shaw

It must be fun to be like a tiny, round-headed pin in a pin-cushion and just mock at the Workbox.

Memoirs of a Midget |Walter de la Mare