powder-box

She brought me a powder-box, and I slightly shook the puff over my hat, and flapt one side of it, though the lace looked a little too gay for my covering; and, slouching it over my eyes, Shall I be known, think you, Madam?

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

I sat for a while at my mother's dressing-table before I could take up the tarnished silver powder-box that had waited ten years for the return of its owner.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

I sat for a while at my mother's dressing-table before I could take up the tarnished silver powder-box that had waited ten years for the return of its owner.

Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

She carried in her pocket a dainty little ivory powder-box, as large as a nut, the interior of which contained a tiny mirror; and often, while walking, she held it open in her hand and raised it to her eyes.

Strong as Death 2003

Everything was in perfect order, even to the powder-box and the cologne bottles on the dresser.

The Mansion of Mystery Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective Chester K. Steele

A hot shot, about this time, struck a powder-box, on which was sitting the powder-boy, he, poor fellow, was blown up, and another near him was dreadfully scorched.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 377, June 27, 1829 Various

Eileen Cavendish was busy in front of the glass, and half turned, holding a diminutive powder-box in one hand and a scrap of swans-down in the other.

The Long Trick 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926

While we waited she took out a little, gold powder-box with a mirror in the lid, shook the poor little puff as though she loathed it, and dabbed her lovely nose.

The Garden Party, and Other Stories 1922

She put a lorgnette into her little bag, along with her powder-box, handkerchief and smelling salts, —there was even a little silver box of peppermint drops, in case she might begin to cough.

X. Book One: On Lovely Creek 1922

In a corner was a cabinet of gilt and glass, filled with Dresden-china figurines and toy tables and a carven Swiss musical powder-box.

The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918