Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small perfume box with a perforated top.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as pounce-box.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps alteration of *pounced-box, from pounce.]

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