hatbox

From hat + box.

hatbox (plural hatboxes)

1. A piece of luggage for a hat; a case or box for a hat.
   • 1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 December 2024:

     A green and pink plaid hat box contains eight more hatboxes that can be stacked like a set of Russian nesting dolls.

   • 2015 November 24, Troy Patterson, “The Winter Hat Trick”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 February 2019:

     Get a whiff of the models that served our grandfathers well: They now combine the must of a midcentury hatbox with the musk of 21st-­century body spray.

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