"idiot box" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈɪd.iː.ət ˈbɒks\ Audio: En-au-idiot box.ogg Forms: idiot boxes [plural]
  1. Télévision, boîte à cons. Note d’usage : Pourrait aussi s’appliquer aux écrans d’ordinateur et aux tablettes. Tags: pejorative
    Sense id: fr-idiot_box-en-noun-kcd8rRI1 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Termes péjoratifs en anglais, Anglais des États-Unis, Anglais du Canada
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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          "text": "Son, I have no intention of prancing around on the idiot box like some latter-day Al Jolson.",
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