firebox

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English

Etymology

From fire +‎ box. In the sense of a redheaded woman, from box (vagina).

Noun

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firebox (plural fireboxes)

  1. (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.
  2. The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
  3. (vulgar) A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.
Diagram of a steam locomotive. Firebox is #1.

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