ballotin

B3A1L1L1O1T1I1N1

noun

A small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates).

OriginFrench ballotin →
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Meanings

nounballotin (plural ballotins)

plural ballotins

  1. A small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates).

    […] jingle bells chime in with the season's magic in this lovely tapestry ballotin filled with 1 6 oz. of assorted chocolates.

    1989 November, Texas Monthly, volume 17, number 11, page 179
  2. obsoleteAn officer in charge of a ballot box.

    one Secretary or Ballotin with a red Box shall follow the green one: and every Senator shall put one Ball into for one of these six boxes

    1656, James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana

Origin

  1. Frenchballotin
  2. Englishballotin

From French ballotin.

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Translations

Finnish uurnanvalvoja
  • uurnanvalvojaballot box officer
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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