box office
n.— «Most airliner cockpits (box office if it’s a female crew) were designed back in the fifties when traffic was not a serious consideration.» —“Re: Airliners land at uncontrolled airport?” by Ralph Ricks Usenet: rec.aviation.misc Dec. 23, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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