ballotin noun2 •A small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates).[…] jingle bells chime in with the season's magic in this lovely tapestry ballotin filled with 1 6 oz. of assorted chocolates. — 1989 •(no longer used) An officer in charge of a ballot box.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 — 1656 formsballotins