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idiot box

noun

Definition of idiot box

: television
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Synonyms for idiot box

Synonyms

boob tube, box, television, telly [chiefly British], tube, TV

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Examples of idiot box in a Sentence

she huffily declared that she wouldn't have an idiot box in her home

First Known Use of idiot box

circa 1955, in the meaning defined above

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