mite box
A box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may…A box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes distributed for individual donations.
Meaning
1 sensesA box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes distributed for individual donations.
- box for collecting alms, especially one in a church
Origin
From (widow's) mite (“small donation”) + box.From (widow's) mite (“small donation”) + box.
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