sweat box

[swet-boks]

sweat·box

[swet-boks]
noun
1.
a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
2.
any uncomfortably warm room or environment.
3.
a box or cell in which a prisoner is punished or given the third degree.
4.
a device for removing moisture from tobacco leaves, figs, raisins, etc.

Origin:
1870–75; sweat + box1
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Sweat box is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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