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Japanese cosmetics box
Answer for the clue "Japanese cosmetics box ", 4 letters:
inro
Alternative clues for the word inro
Word definitions for inro in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from Japanese, from Chinese yin "seal" + lung "basket."
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inro \In"ro\, n. [Jap. inr[=o]; in seal + r[=o] box.] A small closed receptacle or set of receptacles of hard material, as lacquered wood, iron, bronze, or ivory, used by the Japanese to hold medicines, perfumes, and the like, and carried in the girdle. ...
Usage examples of inro.
A5 he slipped the telephone inro his shirt pocket, he saw that Major Gen- eral H.
In the moment that she jumped the couch she had heard the snick of the bolt driving a round inro the barrel chamber as Mesquita pressed the release stud.