box Harry
English
[edit]Etymology
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Verb
[edit]box Harry (third-person singular simple present boxes Harry, present participle boxing Harry, simple past and past participle boxed Harry)
- (slang, obsolete) To go without dinner.
- Synonym: dine with Duke Humphrey
References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary