English Explanatory Dictionary

Box and Cox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Two people who occupy the same post or location in an alternating arrangement.
verb
  1. To alternate with each other, often in the same post or location.
  2. To alternate between two people.

Word forms

Box and Cox boxes and coxes boxing and coxing boxed and coxed box-and-cox

Etymology

From the characters of the 1847 farce Box and Cox by John Maddison Morton, in which an unscrupulous landlady rents a room to two men, one during the day and one at night.

Derived words

box and cox
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