Definition of "powder-box" [powder-box]

• A box in which powder is kept. Especially— A box for toilet-powder, large enough to contain a puff. (noun)
• A box for powder or sand used on the writing-table, generally rather small and with a cover pierced with holes. Compare pounce-box. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "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?"
• "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."
• "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."