boob-tube

boob tube

slang The television. What's on the boob-tube tonight? Anything good?
See also: boob, tube
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

boob-tube

(ˈbubˈtub)
n. a television set. (Something for a boob to watch.) You spend too much time in front of the boob-tube.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • tube
  • crack a tube
  • bazoongies
  • bezongas
  • in the tube
  • dairies
  • bazooms
  • garbanzos
  • cop a tube
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