Etymology

firebox

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Today it means: The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned. Full definition →

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The story

From fire + box. In the sense of a redheaded woman, from box (“vagina”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.