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单词 strawberry box
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Definition of strawberry box in English:

strawberry box

noun
Australian, NZ informal, historical
  • A container into which passengers can vomit, formerly provided on aircraft and ships.

    Roy staggered off to his dressing-room, where he did something that was usually done into a strawberry box
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He wouldn't have known what a strawberry-box was, I thought. He kept looking up at me anxiously, obviously expecting me to be sick, too.
    • There ain't no strawberry box in easy reach when yer asleep, yer simply got to get out quick, an' heave it to the deep when yer sick.
    • The pilot, a married man himself, was properly sympathetic when confronted with the ruins, and thenceforward all Qantas planes were equipped with "strawberry boxes".
    • I can remember my mother telling me that she asked the steward for some "strawberry boxes" to be told, "Nobody gets ill on our ships, Madam."
    • I think seasickness did affect us. We were provided with what were known as strawberry boxes.
 
 
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