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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
shadow-box

protective display case, 1892, from shadow (n.) + box (n.1).

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shadow-box

n. A diorama vb. (context boxing martial arts English) To practice moves without an actual opponent, often in front of a mirror.

Usage examples of "shadow-box".

The great virtue of the Seventh Saint, besides the price of its drinks and its nearness to Old Law Farm, a train stop away, was its wide front windows, nearly floor to ceiling, in which as in a shadow-box or on a movie screen the life of the street outside passed.