A container designed to collect and store dust, typically used in homes or workshops to keep dust contained.
Compound of 'dust' (from Old English 'dust', meaning fine particles) and 'box' (from Old English 'box', a container). The term emerged in the 19th century as household cleaning became more systematized.
Early dustboxes were actually the ancestors of modern vacuum cleaners—before electric motors, people literally had to empty these boxes by hand, which would create massive dust clouds and make the process nearly as messy as the original dusting!
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