dog box
Britishnoun
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informal a compartment in a railway carriage with no corridor
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informal disgrace; disfavour (in the phrase in the dog box )
Example Sentences
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So in Season 2 she's very much in the dog box, and I think she's realized what a mistake she's made.
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2023
They found it, put it on ice in a Big Bite hot dog box from a nearby 7-Eleven and then rushed it to the hospital for the bleeding spouse.
From Fox News • May 22, 2020
"Right now, I am a slave to this dog box."
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2012
In the dog box on the bed of the pickup, a half-dozen Walkers shift restlessly.
From Time Magazine Archive
I bought an old Ford truck with a dog box on it, found a shack in the woods in northern Minnesota, and tried training there.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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