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sweat⋅box

  [swet-boks]
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–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 + box 1
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sweat·box   (swět'bŏks')   
n.  

  1. A box in which something, such as hides or fruit, is fermented by sweating.

  2. Slang A confined place where a person sweats, especially:

    1. An interrogation room.

    2. A prison cell used for special punishment.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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