Pillbox
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Pillbox may refer to:
- A pill organizerPill organizerA pill organizer, pill container, or pill box is a special box for storing scheduled doses of one's medications. Pill organizers are usually made with compartments for each day of the week. Some have sections for different times of the day...
- Pillbox hatPillbox hatA pillbox hat is a small woman's hat with a flat crown and straight, upright sides, and no brim.-History:Historically, the pillbox was also military headgear, often including a chin strap, and can still be seen on ceremonial occasions in some countries, especially former members of the Commonwealth...
- Military term for a type of bunker
- For military pillboxes in the UK, see: British hardened field defences of World War IIBritish hardened field defences of World War IIBritish hardened field defences of World War II were small fortified structures constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. They were popularly known as pillboxes by reference to their shape.-Design and development:...
- The Pillbox affairPillbox affairThe Pillbox affair, also known as the Pillbox incident was a military and political episode which occurred in Britain between November and December 1939. The British War Minister, Leslie Hore-Belisha, visited France and the positions of the British Expeditionary Force in mid-November...
, a 1939 British political/military controversy that led to the resignation of the Minister of War