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backbox

noun

Etymology

From back + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as backbox — “back + box”

Definitions

  1. The rear upright section of a pinball machine, usually incorporating the score display.

    • The game is made exclusively in the new-type Williams cabinet design (a longer, lower styling with pedestal-mounted backbox).
    • Backbox animation was a steady attraction during the 1950s.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA