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mauve box

mauve box noun: a supposed device used in phreaking, said to be able to tap telephone lines at a distance by generating a magnetic field; actually a hoax.

Noun

mauve box (plural mauve boxes)

  1. A supposed device used in phreaking, said to be able to tap telephone lines at a distance by generating a magnetic field; actually a hoax.

Forms of mauve box

pluralmauve boxes

Questions about mauve box

What does mauve box mean?
Mauve box means a supposed device used in phreaking, said to be able to tap telephone lines at a distance by generating a magnetic field; actually a hoax.
What part of speech is mauve box?
Mauve box is a noun.
What is the plural of mauve box?
The plural of mauve box is mauve boxes.

Words near mauve box in the dictionary

  1. mauvais quarts d'heure
  2. mauvaise honte
  3. mauvaise langue
  4. mauvaniline
  5. mauve
  6. mauve box
  7. mauve boxes
  8. mauve stinger
  9. mauve stingers
  10. mauveine
  11. mauveines

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