Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a theater, a scene which is boxed in with walls and ceiling.
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Examples
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Four years ago, if someone had told me that I would have a special place on my bookshelf for the adventures of two ladies of a certain age pottering around a seaside town in the north of England, I'd probably have sent them away with a DVD box-set of Rosemary and Thyme inserted where the sun doesn't shine.
In praise of Brenda and Effie David Barnett 2010
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This gorgeous little box-set comes with three different versions of the film: the US theatrical version, the Extended version and the European version.
From The Vault – The Week of April 6th « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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The danger you have as a savvy, professional, 90-percenter software developer looking to build a cottage industry business in the world of app development is that if you come home after a busy day and you have a wife, three kids, a box-set of Battlestar Gallactica and/or The Wire to enjoy, you're likely to run out of puff pretty quickly trying to get up to speed with iOS.
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8? A coder's guide 2011
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On the topic of horror icons, all the A Nightmare On Elm Street movies apart from the wretched remake are available in one Blu-ray box-set.
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Unfortunately, just about every question I asked was met with a cleverly phrased version of no-comment but lots of announcements were promised as being imminent: on Avatar, on the Alien Anthology box-set, on the 20th Century Fox 75th Anniversary celebration plans, which should mean lots of great catalogue titles later in the year.
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The average monthly bill - which does not take into account one-time installation fees or extra set-box fees - is about $70, with a HD box-set rental fee of about $8, and fees and taxes at about $5.50.
Why it costs to tune in to cable TV Post 2011
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This collection of unreleased tracks, live songs and, in the fancy box-set edition, a concert DVD, is Charlotte Gainsbourg's first album since 2010's impressive IRM.
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For Christmas my wife gave me a DVD box-set of Michael Jordan's greatest games.
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Chaplin's first steps in the movies are captured in a glorious box-set, says Philip French
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Universal repackage a slew of their old horrors – Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride Of Frankenstein and The Wolfman – into one magnificent box-set.
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