banker's box

noun

A file box: a cardboard box designed to hold paper files.

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Meanings

nounbanker's box (plural banker's boxes)

plural banker's boxes

  1. A file box: a cardboard box designed to hold paper files.

Origin

A genericized trademark from the Bankers Box brand name (which itself was probably proprialized from the nonproprietary collocation at a time when cardboard file boxes were still novel and not widely known outside of certain occupations such as banking and insurance).

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banker's box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banker's%20box

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“banker's box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banker's%20box. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “banker's box,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banker's%20box.

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