goggle-box

[ gog-uh l-boks ]

/ ˈgɒg əlˌbɒks /

noun British Slang.

a television set.

Nearby words

goffstown,
gog,
gog and magog,
gogga,
goggle,
goggle-eye,
goggle-eyed,
gogglebox,
goggler,
goggles

Origin of goggle-box

First recorded in 1955–60

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Examples from the Web for gogglebox

Gogglebox, which is an hour-long, is pivoted on the newsiest British television of the week, and edited right up to broadcast.
Watching Us, Watching Them: On ‘The People’s Couch’|Tim Teeman|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for gogglebox

gogglebox

/ (ˈɡɒɡəlˌbɒks) /

noun

British slang a television set

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