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boom box

–noun
a large, powerful portable radio and often CD or cassette player.

Origin:
1980–85
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boom box  
n.   Informal
A portable audio system, usually consisting of a radio and a cassette or CD player, with speakers capable of producing loud sound.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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boom box

  1. n.
    a portable stereo radio. (See also box, thunderbox.) : Turn down that damn boom box, or I'll kick it in.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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