strongbox
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From strong + box. Compare French coffre-fort.
Noun
[edit]strongbox (plural strongboxes)
- A sturdy box with a lock, for storing valuables.
- 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]sturdy box with a lock — see safe