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soap•box



Pronunciation: (sōp'boks"), [key]
n.
Also,soap' box".an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.

adj.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a speaker or speech from a soapbox.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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