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idiot boxes

idiot boxes is the plural of idiot box.

Meaning of idiot box

Noun

idiot box (plural idiot boxes)

  1. (Canada, US, idiomatic) Television.
    • During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box.2003 March 31, Bill Litchfield, “Basketball Fans”, in rec.gardens (Usenet)

Questions about idiot boxes

What is idiot boxes the plural of?
Idiot boxes is the plural of idiot box.

Words near idiot boxes in the dictionary

  1. idiosyncraticity
  2. idiot
  3. idiot board
  4. idiot boards
  5. idiot box
  6. idiot boxes
  7. idiot card
  8. idiot cards
  9. idiot end
  10. idiot ends
  11. idiot girl

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