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saltbox

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Noun

  1. A box for keeping salt in.
  2. A similar box formerly used as a percussion instrument in burlesque music.
  3. A distinctively shaped wooden-frame house with two stories at the front and one behind, characteristic of New England.
  4. A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.
  5. The cell in Newgate prison for a prisoner condemned to death.

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