See Also: bandbox(medicine)
bandbox(dictionary)
Bandbox - Baseball(gambling)
bandbox resonance(medicine)

bandbox (iou)



bandbox noun & adjective. M17.
[from BAND noun2 + BOX noun2.]
A. noun. A lightweight paper-covered box for millinery (orig. for neckbands). M17.
look as if one came out of a bandbox & vars., look extremely smart.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Resembling a bandbox; providing little space; fragile, flimsy; conspicuously neat and smart. L18.
N. Shute It had come through the Grand Prix unscratched, in bandbox condition.
band'boxical adjective resembling a bandbox, esp. in providing little space L18.
bandboxy adjective = BANDBOX adjective M19.