shoebox

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shoebox

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From shoe + box.

noun shoeboxes

  1. The box in which shoes are sold. In one shoebox he had a whole collection of seeds he had saved from last year.
  2. derogatory, figuratively A small, cramped residence or similar space. She wondered how come Ho had a garden when everyone she knew lived in shoeboxes.

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noun box in which shoes are sold

日本語靴箱 kutsubako
中文鞋盒 xiéhé
Françaisboîte à chaussures
DeutschSchuhschachtel, Schuhkarton
Italianoscatola da scarpe
Русскийкоробка для обуви korobka dlja obuvi

noun a small, cramped residence or similar space.

Русскийкрохотная каморка kroxotnaja kamorka

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@misc{shoebox_2026,
  title = {shoebox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoebox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}