Wiktionary

lobster box

English edit

Etymology edit

In allusion to the soldiers' red uniforms.

Noun edit

lobster box (plural lobster boxes)

  1. (slang, archaic) A British troopship.
  2. (UK, slang, archaic) A barrack, or military station.

References edit

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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