goggle box en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From goggle (“to stare at”) + box.
Meanings
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(UK, slang) A television set.
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.
2012, Roger Foss, May the Farce Be With You, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gogglebox | alternative | lexicographic | |
| goggle boxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| goggle-box | alternative | lexicographic | |
| gogglebox | alternative | lexicographic |