Etymology
Origin of feedbox
Example Sentences
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A hayloft spanning an entire side of the building served as a feedbox.
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We hid the bag in a feedbox so we wouldn’t hurt Piper’s feelings and what she served in the end wasn’t ex-actly a meal fit for a king, but it had the right feel for an emergency.
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Each tried to butt the other out of the feedbox.
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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.
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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.
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