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sandbox
noun- a toilet; a lavatory US
A reference to a cat’s toilet habits, intended as cute. - I gave him the go-ahead and he cut for the sandbox. — Harlan Ellison, The Truth, p. 57, 1959
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 187, 1968
- — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, p. 82, 1976
- — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 158, 1981
- in computing, the research and development department US
A recognition of the playing nature of research. - — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 313, 1991
- the Middle East US, 1990
Coined during the first US invasion of Iraq and revived with the second. - More than four months in the Middle East—the “sandbox” as some soldiers call it—hasn’t dampened his spirits any. — Fort Mills (South Carolina) Times, 3 March 2005
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