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sweatbox

noun

Meaning

  1. Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
  2. A jail cell.
  3. A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture.
  4. A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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