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squawk box
noun- a low-fidelity public address system US, 1945
- The guys went back to talking about the town and the women in the town, and suddenly the LCVP’s squawk box burst into static, and a gravelly voice said, “Now hear this. Now hear this.” — Evan Hunter, The Blackboard Jungle, p. 189, 1954
- The Colonel gave Guido a final scowl and flipped the key on his inter-office squawk box. — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 120, 1957
- Rhack has the projector working, announces over the squawk box—“Sunday movie will be starting in five minutes in the mess hall.” — Ken Kesey, Kesey’s Jail Journal, p. 95, 1967
- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 1, 1968
- — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, p. 88, 1976
- — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 159, 1981
- Announcements pealing out a squawk box, designed to be heard in every corner of the establishment. — Odie Hawkins, Black Casanova, p. 35, 1984
- I was brooding on these things when the pilot came on the squawk-box and said we were turning back to Denver[.] — Hunter S. Thompson, Generation of Swine, p. 39, 4 October 1985
- a citizens’ band radio US
- — Lawrence Teeman, Consumer Guide Good Buddy’s CB Dictionary, p. 93, 1976
- a child hospital patient who persistently cries or complains US
- — Sally Williams, “Strong” Words, p. 160, 1994
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