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