baby box
n.— «Ludvik Hess…runs a charity for abandoned children and—as of this summer—a “baby box.” The term, coined by Hess, is for an incubatorlike device designed for mothers who want to abandon their babies safely and anonymously at a private clinic in Prague.» —“‘Baby boxes’ help abandoned infants” by Mindy Kay Bricker Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Mass.) Oct. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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