"Yankee cheese-box" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Yankee cheese-box.ogg Forms: Yankee cheese-boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Yankee cheese-box (plural Yankee cheese-boxes)
  1. (slang, dated, US) The USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships. Tags: US, dated, slang Categories (topical): Warships
    Sense id: en-Yankee_cheese-box-en-noun-3coUwe~M Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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