·noun A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, ·etc.
Mine a-se on a bandbox; an answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...