apple-box

plural apple-boxes

1. alternativeAlternative form of apple box.

   They look better and ship better in the half apple-box.

   1910, British Columbia Fruit-Growers' Association, Annual Report - Issues 20-27, page 56

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   An old cook stove, a few cracked dishes, an apple-box cupboard on the wall, two cots and mattresses, a table, and a couple of chairs.

   1985, Lora Wood Hughes, No Time for Tears, page 132

   I'd seen it all fifty times or more (and sometimes wondered how many butts were piled up beneath that box), but this time, instead of lifting the apple-box, he just went right on leaning.

   2014, Stephen King, Joyland