sweatbox

sweatbox
/swet"boks'/, n.
1. a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
2. any uncomfortably warm room or environment.
3. a box or cell in which a prisoner is punished or given the third degree.
4. a device for removing moisture from tobacco leaves, figs, raisins, etc.
[1870-75; SWEAT + BOX1]

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