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pouncet-boxes

pouncet-boxes is the plural of pouncet-box.

Meaning of pouncet-box

Noun

pouncet-box (plural pouncet-boxes)

  1. (historical) A box with a perforated lid, used to contain pounce or perfume.
    • Carrying a pouncet-box was a common custom among the upper classes in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Questions about pouncet-boxes

What is pouncet-boxes the plural of?
Pouncet-boxes is the plural of pouncet-box.

Words near pouncet-boxes in the dictionary

  1. pounces
  2. pouncet
  3. pouncet box
  4. pouncet boxes
  5. pouncet-box
  6. pouncet-boxes
  7. pouncets
  8. pouncewort
  9. Pouncey
  10. Pounceys
  11. pouncing

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