Thunderbox
Full definition of thunderbox
Noun
- (historical) A close-stool, a stool enclosing a chamber pot.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A rudimentary outside toilet.
- 1974 June 13, Donald Gould, A groundling′s notebook: Ice Waterloo, New Scientist, %22thunderboxes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=xbIcrHdvK-&sig=bBxrOSBql6hqRtDI2fGDbo9ojas&hl=en&sa=X&ei=706DUImED-iSiAfi_4D4AQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22thunderbox%22|%22thunderboxes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 708,Meantime the ICE experts are poring over their photographs, and making measurements, which, presumably, will go into a computer, and out will come the specification for the perfect thunderbox.
- 1979, The Bulletin, Volume 100, %22thunderboxes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22thunderbox%22|%22thunderboxes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=q3JMUSbWr8&sig=lxv_JfEFjzytcKuIubI1m6cNQbE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=o36DUOHoB8mOiAe-uoCICg&redir_esc=y page 35,In the old days, when there was a corrugated iron thunderbox, the Holts′ guests were told to approach it with caution: where other thunderboxes had redback spiders, the local ones tended to have taipans.
- 2004, Jayne Seagrave, Camping With Kids: The Best Campgrounds in British Columbia and Alberta, %22thunderboxes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=6zZIGWJGl4&sig=TGid6pz9Vv7wwXOxaYMLiUYi9lM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=o36DUOHoB8mOiAe-uoCICg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22thunderbox%22|%22thunderboxes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 20,The first are the pit toilets — “thunderboxes†— boxes painted white inside, centrally located in various sections of the campground. The second type of toilet looks like a thunderbox but houses an odour-free flushing toilet.
- 2005, Benedict le Vay, Eccentric Britain, 2nd: The Bradt Guide to Britain′s Follies and Foibles, %22thunderboxes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=AG2o5EKMb3&sig=JM632xzp6PH-h1dvwCEqkrpwJhY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=o36DUOHoB8mOiAe-uoCICg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22thunderbox%22|%22thunderboxes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 57,He boobytrapped the ‘thunderbox’ and the next guardsman who sat down was met by a deafening blast. The guardsman and plastic loo seat were hurled one way, the loo paper another, but there were no injuries.
- 2007, Shelley Birse, Blue Water High, Pan Macmillan Australia, %22thunderboxes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=nYWzdIh_eA&sig=tqmNIuiNsdJv2mC0S-CDsvJsh80&hl=en&sa=X&ei=706DUImED-iSiAfi_4D4AQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22thunderbox%22|%22thunderboxes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 230,And finally he pointed to an old thunderbox and shovel. ‘Our toilet block.’Everyone except Fly stared at that old thunderbox like it was from Mars.
