box office
n.— «Womem shouldn’t fly. Why do you think they call it a cock-pit and not a box office.» —“Re: The 99’s” by Scot Pederson Usenet: rec.aviation.piloting Aug. 1, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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