bandbox

[band-boks] / ˈbændˌbɒks /

ADJECTIVE

dapper

Synonyms

STRONGEST

classy dashing rakish spry stylish

WEAK

brisk chic chichi clean dainty doggy dressed to kill dressed to nines jaunty natty nice nifty nimble nobby posh prim ritzy sassy sharp showy smart snazzy snug spiffy spruce swank swanky swell trim turned out well-turned-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

plain unstylish

WEAK

dirty dishevelled ruffled rumpled scruffy shabby sloppy tousled ungroomed wrinkled

Example Sentences

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It might be a product of getting punished in the bandboxes of the American League East, particularly his current home stadium.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2018

Pitching the bulk of his schedule in the hitter-friendly bandboxes of the American League East was an issue where mistakes are punished even by less than stellar contact.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2017

It was strategic considering the hitter-friendly bandboxes of the American League East.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2016

“Well, she needn’t get out her bandboxes yet. I’m not a fashionable party and don’t mean to be, but I do like harmless larks now and then, don’t you?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

But even so, there was hardly any space to walk around the two double beds, the two tiny nightstands, and the various trunks and bandboxes of the inhabitants.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

bandbox

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