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  • n  a small round woman's hat
  • n  a small case for holding pills
  • n  a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete)

  • A figure then crept from the pillbox on all fours, ran down the hill, screaming and sobbing.
  • Some of the arms caches resembled cement pillbox forts, some contained radio equipment, and detectives were tracing private telephone wires they had discovered.
  • Pat Nixon's cloth coat and Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hats provoked plenty of conversation in their day.
News & Articles

  • Fast pivot unlocks idea's potential
    'Jeffrey Sheppard of Medacheck is going far beyond the virtual pillbox idea he launched with the help of Innov8 for Health last year. The Cintrifuse resident and his CTO have created a physical product for seniors who must take a variety of pills each day.
    July 21, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
  • Fast pivot unlocks MedaCheck's potential
    'Jeffrey Sheppard of Medacheck is going far beyond the virtual pillbox idea he launched with the help of Innov8 for Health last year. The Cintrifuse resident and his CTO have created a physical product for seniors who must take a variety of pills each day.
    July 21, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
Quotes

  • Rue McClanahan in Washington Blade
    I dress really ugly,McClanahan says. "They got me clothes from Wal-Mart that were on sale for $1.29. But, I got to make all of Peggy's hats. They are little pillbox hats with flowers on the top. It's just about the most unattractive hat...
  • Kenny Perry in Los Angeles Times
    He's on antidepressants; they've got him on a lot of drugs,Kenny Perry said. "He probably takes 20 pills a day. I saw his little pillbox, and it's nasty. I just need to play well for him. I've got to somehow stay up there, just where he'll...
  • Keith Lockhart in Salt Lake Tribune
    All the subject nations sent representatives,Lockhart said. "Among all the proper gentlemen and ladies in pillbox hats was this larger-than-life character - over 6 feet tall and 300 pounds and dressed in tribal scarves - and full of...

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