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ballotin

ballotin noun: a small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates).

Noun

ballotin (plural ballotins)

  1. A small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates).
    • […] jingle bells chime in with the season's magic in this lovely tapestry ballotin filled with 1 6 oz. of assorted chocolates.1989 November, Texas Monthly, volume 17, number 11, page 179
  2. (obsolete) An officer in charge of a ballot box.
    • one Secretary or Ballotin with a red Box shall follow the green one: and every Senator shall put one Ball into for one of these six boxes1656, James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana

Forms of ballotin

pluralballotins

Origin of ballotin

From French ballotin.

Questions about ballotin

What does ballotin mean?
Ballotin means a small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates).
What part of speech is ballotin?
Ballotin is a noun.
What is the plural of ballotin?
The plural of ballotin is ballotins.

Words near ballotin in the dictionary

  1. ballotees
  2. ballotenol
  3. balloter
  4. balloters
  5. ballotful
  6. ballotin
  7. ballotine
  8. ballotines
  9. balloting
  10. ballotings
  11. ballotini

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