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Meaning of cheese box | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A device formerly used by phreakers to convert a home telephone line into a payphone.

Examples

“Then the bookie leaves the site of the phone and stations himself blocks away in another room with a phone attached to a similar cheese box.”
“The cheese box bridges two separate⟳ telephone lines. It is often used by bookmakers and bettors to place⟳ free calls for accepting or placing bets.”
“There are files circulating about the modem/phreak world regarding a device known as a cheese box.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cheese bus cheese button cheese coney cheese crisp cheese crystal cheese curl

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