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hot boxes

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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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