sweatbox
[ swet-boks ]
Origin of sweatbox
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British Dictionary definitions for sweatbox
sweatbox
/ (ˈswɛtˌbɒks) /
noun
a device for causing tobacco leaves, fruit, or hides to sweat
a very small pen or cubicle where a pig is fattened intensively
informal, mainly US a narrow room or cell for a prisoner
informal any place where a person sweats on account of confinement, heat, etc
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