boom box
noun Informal.
a large, powerful portable radio and often cassette or CD player.
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Origin of boom box
First recorded in 1980–85
Words nearby boom box
Boolean ring, Boolean sum, Boole's inequality, boom, boom-and-bust, boom box, boomer, boomerang, boomerang kid, Boomer State, boomie
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