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Etymology

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Verb

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box Harry (third-person singular simple present boxes Harry, present participle boxing Harry, simple past and past participle boxed Harry)

  1. (slang, obsolete) To go without dinner.
    Synonym: dine with Duke Humphrey

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary