hot box

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hot⋅box

[hot-boks]

–noun Railroads.

a journal box overheated by excessive friction of an axle as a result of inadequate lubrication or the presence of foreign matter.

Also, hot box.

Origin:
1835–45; hot + box ¹

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Slang Dictionary

hotbox

tv.
to fill a small area with marijuana smoke. : He “hotboxed” the closet and they both sat there and drifted.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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