drageoir

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/dɹæˈʒwɑː/

noun

A box for sweets.

OriginFrench drageoir →
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Meanings

noundrageoir (plural drageoirs)

plural drageoirs

  1. A box for sweets.

    Wordlessly, Johanna handed me two E capsules from a little gold drageoir.

    1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 237

Origin

  1. Frenchdrageoir
  2. Englishdrageoir

Borrowed from French drageoir, from dragée + -oir.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with drageoir

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Cite this entry
APA

drageoir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drageoir

MLA

“drageoir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drageoir. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drageoir,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drageoir.

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