workbox

American  

[wurk-boks] / ˈwɜrkˌbɒks /

noun

1. a box to hold instruments and materials for work, especially needlework.

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Etymology

Origin of workbox

First recorded in 1805–15; work + box ¹

Example Sentences

They did a really good job of the guitar tech’s workbox, but I kept thinking, “None of this ever happened.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2016

The cutler has contributed to the curios of the workbox.

From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)

In the evenings she always sat, mending, on a low chair beside a table which held the mending basket and a mahogany workbox, a gift to her from our grandmother.

From The Setons by Douglas, O.

She made some little changes in it instinctively, put away the work on which she had been engaged, and looked at Chatty's little workbox with an inclination to put that too out of the way.

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

There was her ivory workbox, with her initials in silver and turquoise on it, and her small gold thimble had rolled into a corner of the drawer.

From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary