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Randall Bart

(Barticus88)

United States
Granada Hills
California

Red October

Earth is one of my favorite planets

That is a box. It is not a tuckbox.

Posted Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:19 am
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fierman

(fierman)

Netherlands
near Nijmegen

Barticus88 wrote:

That is a box. It is not a tuckbox.

It is a tuckbox. They can be made of any material you know...

Edited Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:05 am
Posted Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:04 am
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Simon Lundström

(Zimeon)

Sweden
Örbyhus

Now who are these five?

Come, come, all children who love fairy tales.

Interesting topic. What IS a "tuckbox"? I thought it was one of those boxes that could hold, say, 50 cards or something. Maybe there's no upper limit?

Posted Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:24 am
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Russ Williams

(russ)

Poland
Wrocław
Dolny Śląsk

I always understood a "tuckbox" to be a box in which there is a folding side or end with a flap, which you tuck into the opposite side.

To attempt an ASCII representation:

EDIT: ARRGH! The forum software seems to have eaten my ASCII art (probably because I inadvertently used some punctuation/control sequences that confused it).

I'm too lazy to draw it again.

Meanwhile, dictionary.com says a "tuck box" is "a box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school)" so perhaps we are all wrong.

Edited Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:19 pm
Posted Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:17 pm
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Randall Bart

(Barticus88)

United States
Granada Hills
California

Red October

Earth is one of my favorite planets

"Tuck" means "fold". There is nothing folding in this box.

russ wrote:

EDIT: ARRGH! The forum software seems to have eaten my ASCII art (probably because I inadvertently used some punctuation/control sequences that confused it).

Probably "<". You should use "<" for "<".

Quote:

Meanwhile, dictionary.com says a "tuck box" is "a box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school)" so perhaps we are all wrong.

I think that is a different meaning of "tuck" (small amount of food).

Posted Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:49 pm
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Russ Williams

(russ)

Poland
Wrocław
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OK, I couldn't resist trying my brilliant ASCII art representation again.

Partially open:

+------------------+ \ ← the flap that will be tucked inside
| /
| /
| /
+------------------+

Closed, with flap tucked in:

+------------------+
| --+ ← the flap tucked inside
| |
| |
+------------------+

Posted Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:45 pm
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Russ Williams

(russ)

Poland
Wrocław
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Barticus88 wrote:

I think that is a different meaning of "tuck" (small amount of food).

Hm, that makes me realize an explanation of Friar Tuck's name.

Posted Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:47 pm
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