radio shack
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of radio shack
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Stinking fur seals lurk in the radio shack and among the overturned benches of the canteen.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2014
George White Rogers first got into the headlines in 1934 when he clung to his key in the radio shack of the burning liner Morro Castle, risked the death that overtook 124 others.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the first time, two girls shipped out not in the radio shack but as deck hands or, so to speak, as ordinary seawomen.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the radio shack, remote-reading indicators record the angle at which the searchlight beam bounces back.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were a billiard hall, radio shack, greenhouse, pigeon roost, and a place where prize-winning guinea pigs were raised.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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