idiot box

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nounSlang.
  1. a television set; television.

Origin of idiot box

1
First recorded in 1955–60

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British Dictionary definitions for idiot box

idiot box

noun
  1. slang a television set

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Other Idioms and Phrases with idiot box

idiot box

A television set, as in There they sit in front of the idiot box, hour after hour. This slangy and pejorative expression dates from about 1960.

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