musical box

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. music box.

Word History and Origins

Origin of musical box¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Woo hammers the loss with a deliberateness that feels desperate: oppressive blue gloom, a slumping Christmas tree with unopened presents, a twinkly musical box that evokes sadness.

From Los Angeles Times

Britain's government sent Queen Elizabeth a specially-commissioned musical box to mark her platinum jubilee, depicting on its lid the black front door of the Prime Minister's Number 10 Downing Street office.

From Reuters

The platinum mounted, enamel-on-copper musical box also featured portraits of the 14 British prime ministers she has met during her reign.

From Reuters

As far as they were concerned, clocks were merely delightful but useless luxury objects—rather like musical boxes.

From Literature

"Self-evidently it's not in the same league as, say, Hamilton but this jukebox musical boxes clever within its tight parameters."

From BBC