boob tube

as in TV
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound tonight I just want to unwind in front of the boob tube

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Recent Examples of boob tube The boob tube, and the mass dumbification its name implies, is on its way back, if not already here. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025 It was still seen as the boob tube. Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 Yep, The Munsters and The Addams Family are returning to the boob tube at the same time courtesy of Netflix. Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 July 2022

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“Boob tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boob%20tube. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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