box
- box
1. a coffin
Formerly, as a verb also, to place a corpse in a coffin prior to interment:
01 Joe Sharman died. Donald made the coffin and they'd boxed him. (Emerson, 1892)
2. a shield for the male genitalia
Mainly sporting use but now also of riot protection gear:
The cricket boxes issued to constables as items of their 'new protective equipment range' are made of nasty plastic with very little room for accommodation. (Police, July, 1981)
3. American
the vagina
Viewed sexually by a male, presumably as a temporary container:
Her box is so big she wouldn't even feel your hand unless you wore a wristwatch. (Wambaugh, 1975)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms.
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box — box … Dictionnaire des rimes
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