bandboxy

English

Etymology

From bandbox +‎ -y.[1]

Adjective

bandboxy (comparative more bandboxy, superlative most bandboxy)

  1. Resembling a bandbox.
    • 1854, Bayard Taylor, “The Bridle-Roads of Andalusia”, in The Lands of the Saracen; or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], published 1855, →OCLC, page 428:
      The alforjas, or saddle-bags, of the guide were strengthened by a stock of cold provisions, the leathern bota hanging beside it was filled with ripe Granada wine; and now behold me ambling over the Vega, accoutred in a gay Andalusian jacket, a sash woven by Mateo Ximenes, and one of those bandboxy sombreros, which I at first thought so ungainly, but now consider quite picturesque and elegant.
    • 1902, Anna Chapin Ray, Phebe, Her Profession‎[1]:
      Fancy Archie Holden, after having all the Rocky Mountains for his workshop, coming back and settling down into one of these bandboxy little towns!

References

  1. ^ “bandboxy, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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