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Definition of dogbox noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dogbox

noun
 
/ˈdɒɡbɒks/
 
/ˈdɔːɡbɑːks/
Word Originearly 19th cent.: originally denoting a box for a dog to lie in, later denoting a railway compartment for transporting dogs.
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be in the dogbox
  1. (South African English)
    (North American English, British English be in the doghouse)
    (informal) if you are in the dogbox, somebody is annoyed with you because of something that you have done
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