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Meanings of japanned box in English

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Usage of japanned box in English
1
By the way, did you see a black japanned box in his room?
Tales of Terror and Mystery
2
Meanwhile, however, he hunted up the key to the japanned box and unlocked it.
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill; Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret
3
He carefully hauled it all forth and the japanned box tumbled out of its loose wrappings.
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill; Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret
4
Dick had had the japanned box under his arm, and now held it up in triumph.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
5
In the meanwhile Dick's quick eyes had located the japanned box partly filled with the missing bonds.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
6
My brother put the bonds in a japanned box that was locked, and put the box in the once safe one afternoon.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
7
Then she rummaged in the box-seeminglybeneath a lot of rubbish that filled it, and drew forth a japanned box-likea cashbox.
Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies; Or, The Missing Pearl Necklace
8
Beside it were a large black japanned box and one or two bundles of letters or papers fastened together with elastic bands.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
9
Then came several formalities before Dick and his brothers were allowed to take possession of the japanned box with its precious contents.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
10
And returning to his place at the head of the table, he took the letter from the japanned box, opened it, and said:
The Lost Lady of Lone
11
If ever he has occasion to be away, if only for a single night, he invariably takes his black japanned box with him.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
12
So it was the japanned box which was the cause of this outburst-thebox from which he would never permit himself to be separated.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
13
When their complete privacy was assured, she put the japanned box on the tiny table and motioned him to one of the two chairs.
The Price
14
Her uncle brought the money he took from his customers and put it in a little locked, japanned box, which he kept upon a shelf.
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill; Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret
15
There were three japanned boxes placed together, and then covered.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
16
"You say they were in a new japanned box that was locked?"
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
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United Kingdom
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