Etymology
Origin of feedbox
Example Sentences
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Last week the 102nd paper signed up to buy Joseph and Stewart Alsop's column of erudite background, sound and sometimes brilliant opinion, and feedbox gossip.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
He then trained cats, one at a time, to lift the lid of the feedbox whenever the light flashed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cats were gently carried to the feedbox, stroked and fondled, petted and coaxed to eat.
From Time Magazine Archive
A hayloft spanning an entire side of the building served as a feedbox.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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