Etymology
Origin of feedbox
Example Sentences
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Each tried to butt the other out of the feedbox.
From Time Magazine Archive
After repeated frustrations the animals associated the feedbox and signal light with fear.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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.
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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