Meanings
plural rocket boxes
- A portable, reusable human waste containment system.
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Each rocket box could handle approximately fifty deposits of human waste, and when full would tip the scales at about forty-five pounds. Its key feature was a hinged lid with a latch that created a watertight seal to prevent spillage while locking in the odors (mostly). [...] shortly after this system was invented [...] the sharp metal rims of the rocket box left telltale indentations on everyone's bum [...]
2024, Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park, page 37
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rocket box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocket%20box
“rocket box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocket%20box. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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