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Chinese boxes
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English
Noun
p
A set of boxes, of different sizes, each fitting inside the next larger one.
en 1953 1955 w:Ian Fleming Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale London Pan Books The Nature of Evil 144 'Continue, my dear friend. It is interesting for me to see this new Bond. Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them.'
Something that resembles a set of Chinese boxes, especially in complexity.
en Chinese box
Hypernyms
box