"agony box" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-agony box.ogg [Australia] Forms: agony boxes [plural]
Etymology: Suggesting that the sounds produced are painful to the listener. Head templates: {{en-noun}} agony box (plural agony boxes)
  1. (slang) A piano. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-agony_box-en-noun-15wZVEih
  2. (slang) A phonograph. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-agony_box-en-noun-3QZlPaDD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 65 5
  3. (slang) A radio. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-agony_box-en-noun-KGdOc6gI

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for agony box meaning in English (1.3kB)

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