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kerosene boxes

kerosene boxes is the plural of kerosene box.

Meaning of kerosene box

Noun

kerosene box (plural kerosene boxes)

  1. (Australia) A sturdy, rectangular crate, typically of pine, designed to hold two tin-plated steel cans filled with kerosene; the empty cases were often repurposed for ad hoc uses.
    • Next morning, after the ceremony, with our wedding breakfast packed in a kerosene box, we drove to Camden.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 186

Questions about kerosene boxes

What is kerosene boxes the plural of?
Kerosene boxes is the plural of kerosene box.

Words near kerosene boxes in the dictionary

  1. keros
  2. Keros classification
  3. Keros classifications
  4. kerosene
  5. kerosene box
  6. kerosene boxes
  7. kerosene tin
  8. kerosene tins
  9. kerosene-like
  10. kerosenelike
  11. kerosenes

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