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noun
Carton  n.  Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.
Carton pierre, a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Carton" Quotes from Famous Books



... He found an empty carton at the rear of the store and placed the books inside. Returning to the stairs, he shouldered the rifle and began his ...
— Small World • William F. Nolan

... shall take that money that is coming to me this month for the purpose. I do not care for many dresses, but they must be perfect of their kind, and I think I shall purchase that antique set of pearls at Carton's," ...
— The Old Stone House • Anne March

... was, rode out to the Royal Hospital. My heart beat so strongly as I rode up to the door that I half resolved to return. I rang the bell. Sir George was in town. Miss Dashwood had just gone, five minutes before, to spend some days at Carton. "It is fate!" thought I as I turned from the spot and walked slowly ...
— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) • Charles Lever

... I have had a fondness for byways. Main thoroughfares between the two great arteries, Pitt and George Street, were at my service; but I preferred a narrow alley which brings one to the back premises of Messrs. Hunt and Carton's, the wholesale stationers. Bearing to the left through that firm's stableyard, one passes through a little arched opening which debouches upon Tinckton Street, whence in twenty paces one reaches George Street at a point close to the office ...
— The Record of Nicholas Freydon - An Autobiography • A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

... need a carton of sour cream right away for my chocolate cake. And, let me see—five pounds of Idaho potatoes, two pounds of ground round steak—I feel like having meat loaf tonight—and two acorn squash, an avocado, ...
— Jerry's Charge Account • Hazel Hutchins Wilson

... he disdains to speak. He is almost fierce (for him) in his denunciation of Little Nell and Paul Dombey; he protests that Monks and Ralph Nickleby are 'too steep,' as indeed they are. But of Bradley Headstone and Sydney Carton he says not a word; while of Martin Chuzzlewit—but here he shall speak for himself, the italics being a present to him. 'I have read in that book a score of times,' says he; 'I never see it but I revel in it—in Pecksniff and Mrs. Gamp and the Americans. But what the ...
— Views and Reviews - Essays in appreciation • William Ernest Henley



Words linked to "Carton" :   box, sixpack, cartonful, six pack, containerful



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