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A metal box that proves you own more wrenches than problems.
means A storage case, usually with multiple drawers or compartments, built to hold and organize hand tools.
from A plain compound of 'tool' (Old English 'tol,' meaning an instrument for working) and 'chest' (Old English 'cest,' a sturdy box for storage, itself borrowed long ago from Latin 'cista' and ultimately Greek 'kiste'). No hidden story here — just two old, honest words stacked together to name exactly what the thing is: a chest for tools.
- origin
- evolved from wooden guild chests in 1700s
- top drawer
- shallow one always reserved for stuff you never use
- mystery law
- needed tool is always in the bottom drawer
- rolling kind
- casters exist so it can block the garage exit