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- noun Alternative spelling of
boom box .
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Examples
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• Live In Concert isn't a promotion, it's a boombox from the subtle-named Awesome Toys that displays four holographic girls who dance to whatever music you jack into it, including karaoke.
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Andy Samberg and The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas tell the cautionary tale – a boombox is not a toy, you’ve got to know your limitations.
SNL Digital Short – Andy Samberg Space Olympics (September 13 Video) 2010
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In fact, I only know this is one person (and not a cult of tree-dwelling spiritual hologram children from the 60s) because a random fella on the street stopped me and told me that the solid gold tune coming out of my boombox was a composition by his pal Tim Dwyer, who resides in a town called Canberra.
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I had a "boombox" just like that when I was a young'n.
The Incredible 1980s Power Looks of Prom Night II: Hello Mary Lou Glenn Dunks 2010
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I was going for "boombox" on that red one, but that was after staring at it for 10 minutes and getting a little dizzy.
Dastardly Dad Designs Jen 2009
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I like to imagine all of the "boombox" cars on the road are having important lugnuts and/or screws slowly separating due to the excessive vibrations.
NOOIIISSSE! 2005
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A huge, cardboard, 8ft. by 3ft. painted, "boombox" on wheels, containing a mobile sound system, rolled up, and the street party began.
Anarchist news dot org - News for anarchists and their friends 2008
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I did not see any kind of boombox (OMG I’m so old) or speakers or anything.
'America's Next Top Model' recap: The sea was angry that day | EW.com 2009
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Delmond has a musical moment under the Claiborne Bridge as the Mardi Gras Indians' "Shallow Water Oh Momma" blends in "Killer Joe" by Quincy Jones on a boombox, and the sound he's been looking for seems near.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: Carnival Time for Treme: I Know Your Heart Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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Delmond has a musical moment under the Claiborne Bridge as the Mardi Gras Indians' "Shallow Water Oh Momma" blends in "Killer Joe" by Quincy Jones on a boombox, and the sound he's been looking for seems near.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: Carnival Time for Treme: I Know Your Heart Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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