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dogbox
noun- a type of small and basic compartment in a railway carriage AUSTRALIA, 1905
- Lucinda knew that Paul would rather travel in the dog-box than with Lord Fitzauncell[.] — Martin Boyd, Lucinda Brayford, p. 458, 1946
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 30, 1977
- a truck’s gear box US
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 45, 1971
▶ in the dogbox
in trouble, especially with one person NEW ZEALAND- Rather funny you being in the cactus at home–I’m in the dog box with my wife too. — (Wellington) Evening Post, p. 12, 9 March 1953
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