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soapbox
[ sohp-boks ]
noun
- Also soap顎 box顎. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a speaker or speech from a soapbox.
soapbox
/ 藞蝉蓹蕣辫藢产蓲办蝉 /
noun
- a box or crate for packing soap
- a crate used as a platform for speech-making
- a child's homemade racing cart consisting of a wooden box set on a wooden frame with wheels and a steerable front axle
Example Sentences
鈥淚鈥檓 not standing on a soapbox and shouting,鈥 Graham says.
The BID has hosted a soapbox derby, an autumn festival, and a "dino day", where actors dress up as dinosaurs and walk around the town to entertain children.
For some, the natural conclusion of this argument is that museums and other cultural centers should be spared, invited into the conversation rather than made the soapbox for it.
In updating the book, 鈥渨e didn鈥檛 want to be preachy or stand on a soapbox, but we wanted to be fair and equitable to the different cultures we鈥檙e representing.鈥
So, imagine me standing on top of a soapbox, dead center in the middle of a crowd of about 1,000 people, yelling at the top of my lungs, "All books are not created equal!"
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