stashbox

stashbox

English

Etymology

stash +‎ box

Noun

stashbox (plural stashboxes)

1. A box used to store a stash of something, especially illicit narcotics.
   • 1983, Mitch Cohen, Berlin, Contemporary Writing from East and West Berlin, Bandanna Books (1983), →ISBN, page 19:

     People here are much more likely to have the 3 volumes of Marx's Kapital (cheap in East Berlin) on their shelves than a stashbox full of cannabis.

   • 2001, Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill, Baen Books (2001), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Inside the van was everything Chesley needed in this world: a mattress to sleep on, his toolcase, his stashbox, and a towering blue glass bong.

   • 2009, Julie Klauser, I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Sensitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated, Gotham Books (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     He offered me ravioli and pot from the stashbox where he kept his coke and rolling papers, […]

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:stashbox.