"urine box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: urine boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} urine box (plural urine boxes)
  1. A supposed device used in phreaking, capable of causing seizures or physical injury to the person at the other end of the telephone line; actually a hoax. Related terms: blue box
    Sense id: en-urine_box-en-noun-R7sJG0t2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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