goggle box
See also: gogglebox and goggle-box
English
Alternative forms
- gogglebox, goggle-box, Gogglebox
Etymology
goggle (“to stare at”) + box
Pronunciation
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Noun
goggle box (plural goggle boxes)
- (Britain, slang) A television set.
- 2012, Roger Foss, May the Farce Be With You, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
- The goggle box became my own private giggle box, from out of which came the likes of Richard ‘Mr Pastry’ Hearne, Charlie Drake and I Love Lucy.
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Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2023), “goggle box n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang