Etymology
Origin of feedbox
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Working on a grant from the Otho Sprague Institute, Dr. Masserman rigged up an automatic feeding apparatus which dropped some food into the feedbox of a glass cage every time a light flashed on.
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After repeated frustrations the animals associated the feedbox and signal light with fear.
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In terms of political substance, Advise and Consent is vague when not vaporous; in terms of that great feedbox of lively theater, political tactics, it is frequently brisk and even tense.
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Each tried to butt the other out of the feedbox.
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A hayloft spanning an entire side of the building served as a feedbox.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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