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boob tube
noun- television US
First came THE TUBE- Maybe you do a few things which irritate her and she retaliates via the boob tube. — San Francisco News Call Bulletin, p. 11, 21 January 1963
- Then comes his two weeks off and how does he spend it? On the prone watching the boob tube. [They’ll Do It Every Time comic strip] — San Francisco News Call-Bulletin, p. 50, 2 October 1963
- One interesting development as the primary progresses is a certain shakiness among Democrats the more they see Ronnie [Reagan] on the boob tube. — San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, p. II–3, 6 February 1966
- Hi-fi comes to the boob tube [Headline] — Life, p. 22, 15 May 1970
- Parked in front of the boob tube, Carol and I used to gawk and hoot at those hunks[.] — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, p. 163, 1999
- in women’s fashion, a strapless top made of stretchable material UK, 1978
Sometimes also called a “booby tubey”. - “There is no function you go to without seeing ladies wearing the top,” says Amaka Eligie, boob tube lover. — Daily Sun (Nigeria), 3 June 2005
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