doc in a box

[Barnhart]

Doc in a box (or doc-in-a-box) is an entry in _The Barnhart Dictionary
Companion_ (Vol. 4.4; Winter, 1985).  Earliest evidence I found was
1983.  The more usual form then was _emergicenter_.

Regards,
David Barnhart


David K. Barnhart, Editor
The Barnhart Dictionary Companion [quarterly]
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"Necessity obliges us to neologize."
Thomas Jefferson-August 16, 1813