jewel case

jewel case

English

Alternative forms

  • jewel-case

Noun

jewel case (plural jewel cases)

  1. Synonym of jewel box (“box for storing jewels”).
    • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
      Jewel cases are rarely either important or interesting. Pearl necklace mysteries, in nine cases out of ten, spring from the miasma of social pretence and vapid competition and only concern people who do not matter in the least.
  2. Synonym of jewel box (“container for compact disc”).
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