apple-box

English

Noun

apple-box (plural apple-boxes)

1. Alternative form of apple box
   • 1910, British Columbia Fruit-Growers' Association, Annual Report - Issues 20-27, page 56:

     They look better and ship better in the half apple-box.

   • 1985, Lora Wood Hughes, No Time for Tears, page 132:

     An old cook stove, a few cracked dishes, an apple-box cupboard on the wall, two cots and mattresses, a table, and a couple of chairs.

   • 2014, Stephen King, Joyland:

     I'd seen it all fifty times or more (and sometimes wondered how many butts were piled up beneath that box), but this time, instead of lifting the apple-box, he just went right on leaning.