Box and Cox
Meaning
Noun
- Two people who occupy the same post or location in an alternating arrangement.
Origin
- From the characters of the 1847 farce Box and Cox by John Maddison Morton, in which an unscrupulous landlady rents a room to two men, one during the day and one at night.
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