pouncet box
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pouncet box has 8 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 2 references, with 1 live disagreement.
Mostly:rdf:type(2), action applied to(1), has cover(1)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Rdf:type | Box of Perfume | [1] |
| Rdf:type | Small Box | [2] |
| Action Applied to | Nose | [1] |
| Has Cover | Pounced Cover | [2] |
| Contains | Perfumes | [2] |
| Function | Preservative Against Contagion | [2] |
| Has Feature | Open Work Top | [2] |
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doc:agent/tmp4vxn020s_seven-sisters-of-sleep_62/6ef66807-ed0b-49c1-9f50-6ffb6dbfd502Show excerpt
Everybody, of course, knows all about the Franciscan and his snuff-box, with which this chapter begins. Sterne narrates it in his happiest vein, and all who read it are somehow sure to remember it. Boxes are exchanged; the traveller is left…
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doc:agent/tmpdzy0bssk_seven-sisters-of-sleep_63/810ae225-ee2f-44ab-8c1d-bcc8eb25a262Show excerpt
In this quotation we also meet with the “pouncet box,” which seems to have been a small box having a “pounced” or perforated cover, containing perfumes, the scent of which escaping from the open work at the top was regarded as a preservativ…
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