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soapbox definition

soap·box (-bäks′)

noun

  1. a box or crate for soap
  2. ☆ any improvised platform used by a person (soapbox orator) making an informal, often impassioned speech to a street audience, as on a current, controversial issue

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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