单词 | goon box |
释义 | > as lemmasgoon box goon box n. a guard tower at a P.O.W. camp; (sense 4) goon-like, goon-type adjs. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > camp for prisoners of war > guard-tower in goon box1948 1948Goon-box [see sense 3]. 1956 A. Crawley Escape from Germany 31 Watch towers..covering the interior of the camp. To the prisoners they were known as ‘goon boxes’. 1963 Times 21 Feb. 16/7 Mr Horst Buchholz, whose mixture of American and Indian accents is given an even more goon-like quality by the over-used attempt to inject local colour with the tag-phrase ‘isn't it?’ 1967 Listener 10 Aug. 187/3 And I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, a happy reminder of happy Goon-type days. < as lemmas |
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