Definition of "sweatbox" []

• A box in which something, such as hides or fruit, is fermented by sweating. (noun)
• Slang A confined place where a person sweats, especially: (noun)
• Slang An interrogation room. (noun)
• Slang A prison cell used for special punishment. (noun)

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• "'I don't think the confines of a sweatbox are a very clever environment to honk up in.'"
• "Since I lived in a fourth floor walk-up converted attic affectionately known as the sweatbox, I spent a lot of time on the first floor in Booge and Jarhead's dorm room."
• "This special snowflake of the earth is very, very upset about the backlash after james ray's "sweatbox" in sedona."