firebox
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
fire + box. In the sense of a redheaded woman, from box (“vagina”).
Noun[edit]
firebox (plural fireboxes)
- (rail transport) The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
- 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 273:
- The firebox married to Britannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it is comparable in dimensions to that of the "V2." […] Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.
- The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
- (vulgar) A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Steam_locomotive.svg/220px-Steam_locomotive.svg.png)
Translations[edit]
chamber of steam engine
part of fireplace
readheaded woman
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