squawk box

squawk box

noun Informal.
1.
the speaker of a public-address system or an intercom system; loudspeaker.
2.
an intercom system.

Origin:
1940–45
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Squawk box is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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squawk box definition


  1. n.
    a public-address system; a loudspeaker, especially if installed in a box or other housing. : A raspy voice came over the squawk box announcing the arrival of what we had been waiting for.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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