gazeeka box

Employing a burlesque prop, the gazeeka box, he would select a young man from the audience, someone who claimed to be seeking the “perfect woman.” He’d bring the man onstage and ask him to describe his ideal. Then with music, lights, and a waft of smoke, he’d abracadabra her into the box, pull the curtain, and out she’d step, to great applause.

THE GAZEEKA BOX 2018

You also asked about “gazeeka box,” a term that turns up many times in The G-String Murders. The gazeeka box in the novel is a coffin-like prop used in the burlesque house. (Naturally, a body is discovered in it!)

The Grammarphobia Blog: A gazeeka box and a green-fedora guy Pat and Stewart 2015