English Explanatory Dictionary

cheese box

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of cheesebox (“container for cheese”).
  2. A device formerly used by phreakers to convert a home telephone line into a payphone.

Word forms

cheese box cheese boxes

Etymology

(phreaking device): The device could originally be fitted into a wooden box intended for cheese. Compare blue box.

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