box office
n.— «Flew with someone the other day and she referred to it as a box office.» —“the word ‘flight deck’ vs. ‘cockpit’” by Capt. Paul Skinback in United Kingdom PPRuNe Forums (Unite) Sept. 26, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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