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English
Etymology
From French ballotin.
Noun
ballotin (plural ballotins)
- A small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates).
1989 November, Texas Monthly, volume 17, number 11, page 179:[…] jingle bells chime in with the season's magic in this lovely tapestry ballotin filled with 1 6 oz. of assorted chocolates.
- (obsolete) An officer in charge of a ballot box.
1656, James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana:one Secretary or Ballotin with a red Box shall follow the green one: and every Senator shall put one Ball into for one of these six boxes
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French
Etymology
From ballot (“bundle”), diminutive of balle (“bundle tied together with string”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ballotin m (plural ballotins)
- a small, elegant box, usually of cardboard, containing pralines (chocolate)
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