hotbox

[Jonathon Green]

Dennis R. Preston wrote:

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>Poster:       "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: hotbox
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>Teenage smoking; Louisville KY area; early 1950s, especially of
>shared cigarettes. "Don't hotbox that cig!" i.s., don't take several
>long drags off it.
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I'm aware of that one too, although I thought it was used in the context
of smoking marijuana and is as such a synonym for 'bogart'. All
citations gratefully received.

JG