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packing case
noun
A large, sturdy box or wooden crate used for the secure shipment of goods.
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A packing case is used to remove something – or somebody.
The arrival of the antique-editor in N. Y. was preceded by the Editor's books, a huge packing case.
There was one draeing of two African natives plodding over a desert with a heavy packing case across their shoulders.
He stuffed the corpse into a packing case & had a drayman cart it to the schooner Kalamazoo, which was taking on cargo for New Orleans.
The day that I visited I saw Sickert's George being lifted from a packing case as reverentially as if he were a mummy from ancient Egypt.
Kalenderian's globe-trotting requires a great packing case, and he never leaves home without his favorite one from Mulberry, $1,395.
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For the sailing in Torquay, the Firefly dinghies were built from plywood packing cases.
(3) A supply of nails, hammers, packing cases and lengths of rope will come in handy.
So when it's supposed to be carried around in packing cases, it doesn't fit.
The mummies and mammoth depiction are still in their wooden packing cases.
The stage design is admirably simple – just a few packing cases that serve as chairs, baggage and boats.
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