ˈpatch-box
[f. patch n.1 2 + box n.2]
A box for holding patches for the face.
| 1674 Lond. Gaz. No. 859/4 Lost.., two silver powder Boxes, and a patch Box. 1712–14 Pope Rape Lock iv. 162 Thrice from my trembling hand the patch-box fell. 1758 H. Walpole Let. to H. S. Conway 16 June, If they send a patch-box to Lord George Sackville, it will hold all his laurels. 1876 M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. xi. 157 The poets of a patch box and powder period. |