dog box

noun

1. informal.
   a compartment in a railway carriage with no corridor
2. informal.
   disgrace; disfavour (in the phrase in the dog box )

Example Sentences

Charles did not, this time, make his journey in the dog-box.

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Flew at the porter fellow when he was put into the dog-box, and flew at the guard when he was taken out.

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Oswald told her in one calm word which he was, and then Pincher rolled madly out of a dog-box almost into his arms.

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He swung a swag on to the platform, shouldered it, pulled out a billy and water-bag, and then went to a dog-box in the brake van.

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That ass must needs go dragging him out of the dog-box or something, that's all.

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