hotbox

[hot-boks]

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 + box1
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Hotbox is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Slang Dictionary

hotbox definition


  1. 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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