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cheese box

The English word “cheese box” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A device formerly used by phreakers to convert a home telephone line into a payphone.

Etymology

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

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