Meanings
plural scrapboxes
- A box for storing fragments of material or documents etc. that may be of use or interest at a later time.
If you work with an institution that has a costume department ask for leftover pieces. If not, do not throw away anything that might be of use. Keep a scrapbox of odds and ends.
2013, Pauline Koner, Elements of Performance, page 771 more example
But, speculating that there might be lost playscripts hidden behind the panelling at the house where Shakespeare's granddaughter died, and keeping a scrapbox labelled 'Shakespeare's Manuscripts', Halliwell-Phillipps betrayed secret hopes that were never to be fulfilled.
2021, Lena Cowen Orlin, The Private Life of William Shakespeare
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scrapbox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapbox
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