case
/keɪs/ noun C2- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture or commerce.
- A box, sheath, or covering generally. · a case for spectacles; the case of a watch
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- An enclosing frame or casing. · a door case; a window case
- A suitcase.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
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Everything about this case is rum.
“Now I recollect,” said the afflicted old father; “my poor boy told me yesterday he had got a small case of coffee, and another of tobacco for me!”
In this case, however, although the occasion of the entertainment was similar, the company was strikingly dissimilar.
“Amusing, certainly,” replied the young man, “inasmuch as, instead of shedding tears as at the fictitious tale of woe produced at a theatre, you behold in a law-court a case of real and genuine distress—a drama of life.
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